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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2025

Epidemiology of ocular trauma in limited-resource settings: a narrative review.

Jessica Pelletier, Kakande Reagan, Sarah McLeod, Noah Kronk, Kamoga Dickson, Kyle Ohman, Matthew Santos

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jessica PelletierDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.
Kakande Reagan *Department of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Sarah McLeod *Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.
Noah Kronk *Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.
Kamoga DicksonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda.
Kyle OhmanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States.
Matthew SantosDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ocular trauma disproportionately impacts low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and contributes significantly to blindness and disability in these settings. While numerous publications address the epidemiology of ocular trauma in limited-resource settings, there are no systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or large-scale review articles investigating this topic further. In this article, the authors summarize, compare, and contrast the extant literature on ocular trauma in LMICs. With this synthesis of the available data, the article aims to identify commonalities and potential targets for systemic change in preventing ocular injury and its associated morbidity. The authors seek to highlight modifiable risk factors which may be addressed by providers, health care systems, government agencies, and employers alike.

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emergency medicineepidemiologylimited resourcelow-income and middle-income countrieslow resource settingsocular trauma

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PMID40927196
PMCPMC12415046

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