Erschienen in:
08.04.2024 | Editorial
Less is more for greener intensive care
verfasst von:
Katy J. L. Bell, Rachel Stancliffe
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2024
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Excerpt
Climate change threatens human health and increases demand for healthcare. Global temperature is rising in near linear relationship with increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth’s atmosphere, bringing hotter and more extreme weather. Health consequences include direct injuries, deaths and illness, and indirect effects such as infectious diseases and malnutrition. These impacts drive more people to seek healthcare, adding to global increases in health service demand and provision. …