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<Articles JournalTitle="Frontiers in Emergency Medicine">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Emergency Medicine</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2717-3593</Issn>
      <Volume>8</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>31</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases following man-made disasters; a systematic review</title>
    <FirstPage>e7</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>e7</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Yousef</FirstName>
        <LastName>Pashaei Asl</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Health Policy &amp; Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Meshkini</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Gholamreza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Faridaalaee</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Emergency Medicine and Trauma Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Objective: Disasters increase the incidence of infectious and contagious diseases, non-communicable diseases, and trauma. This systematic review aims to investigate the impact of man-made disasters on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).&#xA0;Methods: This is a systematic review conducted following the PRISMA protocol. The population, intervention, control, outcome (PICO) framework utilized for this research is as follows: P: people with CVDs; I: various man-made disasters; C: no intervention is being compared; O: prevalence, treatment, and management of the disease. In the present study, English-language articles published until November 9, 2022 that investigated CVDs in human-made disasters were included. We conducted an extensive search in Medline, Web of Science, Embase, and SCOPUS.&#xA0;Results: The primary search of the databases resulted in 1878 articles, from which 1219 non-duplicate records. Finally, 18 articles were included; 13 studies were in the area of nuclear and atomic accidents, four studies were related to the sulfur mustard gas, and one was related to methyl chloride.&#xA0;Conclusion: CVDs increased in prevalence after man-made disasters, particularly among high-risk individuals. The likelihood of developing CVDs is higher with increasing dose, intensity, and duration of exposure.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/view/1279</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/download/1279/471</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
