ArticleCHEST critical care2024
Reducing the Climate Impact of Critical Care.
Article in CHEST critical care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Environmental Sustainability-Related Knowledge, Behaviors, and Perceived Barriers Among Italian Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- From carbon cost to climate care: Greening our intensive care units.World journal of critical care medicine · 2026Review
- Identifying Low Value Care Practices in UK Paediatric Intensive Care Units in 2025: A Delphi Study.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
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4 authors.
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Abstract
As the health effects of climate change intensify, critical care providers have an urgent responsibility to minimize the environmental impact of health care delivery. Although the response of critical care clinicians in managing climate-exacerbated diseases such as asthma and heat stroke is well recognized, the impact of critical care delivery on climate change itself may be less familiar. This case-based review explores the drivers of the ICU climate footprint, including high energy and electricity use, supply chain contributions, pharmaceutical greenhouse gas emissions, plastic waste, and low-value care. Potential solutions then are presented for each of these elements, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary team engagement to enact lasting change. The role of the ICU clinician as environmental policy advocate also is explored. Despite the grave clinical implications of the climate crisis, critical care providers are well positioned to mitigate their own climate impacts and to help lead health care decarbonization.
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