Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2015. (20th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Becker, Torben K.; Hansoti, Bhakti; Bartels, Susan; Bisanzo, Mark; Jacquet, Gabrielle A.; Lunney, Kevin; Marsh, Regan; Osei‐Ampofo, Maxwell; Trehan, Indi; Lam, Christopher; Levine, Adam C.
• Editors: Hauswald, Mark
• Other Names: Eleanor Anderson R. investigator.; Armstrong Paige investigator.; Aschkenasy Miriam investigator.; Balhara Kamna S. investigator.; Boyd Michael investigator.; Chan Jennifer investigator.; Dickason Robert Myles investigator.; Grover Emily investigator.; Hauswald Mark investigator.; Hayward Alison S. investigator.; Hexom Braden investigator.; House Emily investigator.; Jenson Alexander investigator.; Kearney Alexis investigator.; Keefe Devin Mansfield investigator.; Kivlehan Sean investigator.; Machen Heather E. investigator.; Mahal Jacqueline investigator.; Marsh Regan H. investigator.; Millikan Daniel J. investigator.; Modi Payal investigator.; Nicholson Benjamin investigator.; Rahman Najeeb investigator.; Rybarczyk Megan investigator.; Schroeder Erika D. investigator.; Selvam Anand investigator.; Silvestri David investigator.; Trehan Indi investigator.; Tyler Winders W. investigator.
• Is Part Of: Academic emergency medicine. Volume 23:Number 10(2016)
• Page Start: 1183
• Page End: 1191
• Publication Date: 2016-09-20
• Subjects: Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; 616.02505
• DOI: 10.1111/acem.12999
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1069-6563

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: The Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) conducts an annual search of peer‐reviewed and gray literature relevant to global emergency medicine (EM) to identify, review, and disseminate the most important new research in this field to a global audience of academics and clinical practitioners. Methods: This year 12, 435 articles written in six languages were identified by our search. These articles were distributed among 20 reviewers for initial screening based on their relevance to the field of global EM. An additional two reviewers searched the gray literature. A total of 723 articles were deemed appropriate by at least one reviewer and approved by their editor for formal scoring of overall quality and importance. Two independent reviewers scored all articles. Results: A total of 723 articles met our predetermined inclusion criteria and underwent full review. Sixty percent were categorized as emergency care in resource‐limited settings (ECRLS), 17% as EM development (EMD), and 23% as disaster and humanitarian response (DHR). Twenty‐four articles received scores of 18.5 or higher out of a maximum score 20 and were selected for formal summary and critique. Inter‐rater reliability between reviewers gave an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.71 (95% confidence interval = 0.66 to 0.75). Studies and reviews with a focus on infectious diseases, trauma, and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases common in resource‐limited settings represented the majority of articles selected for final review. Conclusions: In 2015, there were almost twice as many articles found by our search compared to the 2014 review. The number of EMD articles increased, while the number ECRLS articles decreased. The number of DHR articles remained stable. As in prior years, the majority of articles focused on infectious diseases.