Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2017. (14th June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Becker, Torben K.; Trehan, Indi; Hayward, Alison Schroth; Hexom, Braden J.; Kivlehan, Sean M.; Lunney, Kevin M.; Modi, Payal; Osei‐Ampofo, Maxwell; Pousson, Amelia; Cho, Daniel K.; Levine, Adam C.
• Editors: Hauswald, Mark
• Other Names: Anderson Reid Eleanor investigator.; Balhara Kamna S. investigator.; Bartels Susan investigator.; Becker Torben K. investigator.; Beyene Temesgen investigator.; Bills Corey B. investigator.; Bonney Joseph investigator.; Bustamante Nirma D. investigator.; Chan Jennifer investigator.; Chang Julia investigator.; Cho Daniel K. investigator.; Coker Amin investigator.; Collier Amanda Teresa investigator.; Cook Jolene investigator.; Chow Garbern Stephanie investigator.; Gutierrez Camilo E. investigator.; Hansoti Bhakti investigator.; Hauswald Mark investigator.; Hayward Alison S. investigator.; Hexom Braden investigator.; Kearney Alexis investigator.; Koval Katie investigator.; Keefe Devin Mansfield investigator.; Kivlehan Sean M. investigator.; Lee Sangil investigator.; Levine Adam C. investigator.; Lowsby Richard investigator.; Lunney Kevin M. investigator.; McVane Ben investigator.; Mediratta Rishi P. investigator.; Modi Payal investigator.; Nicholson Benjamin investigator.; Osei‐Ampofo Maxwell investigator.; Osterhoudt Kevin C. investigator.; Pousson Amelia investigator.; Quao Nana Serwaa Agyeman investigator.; Ragins Kyle investigator.; Rees Chris A. investigator.; Rybarczyk Megan investigator.; Schultz Megan investigator.; Selvam Anand investigator.; Silvestri David investigator.; Stanford Kimberly investigator.; Trehan Indi investigator.; Vogel Lara investigator.; Winders W. Tyler investigator.; Zewdie Ayalew investigator.;
• Is Part Of: Academic emergency medicine. Volume 25:Number 11(2018)
• Page Start: 1287
• Page End: 1298
• Publication Date: 2018-06-14
• Subjects: Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; 616.02505
• DOI: 10.1111/acem.13456
• 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, 17, 722 articles written in three languages were identified by our electronic search. These articles were distributed among 20 reviewers for initial screening based on their relevance to the field of global EM. Another two reviewers searched the gray literature, yielding an additional 11 articles. All articles that were deemed appropriate by at least one reviewer and approved by their editor underwent formal scoring of overall quality and importance. Two independent reviewers scored all articles. Results: A total of 848 articles met our inclusion criteria and underwent full review. Sixty‐three percent were categorized as emergency care in resource‐limited settings, 23% as disaster and humanitarian response, and 14% as EM development. Twenty‐one 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 testing between reviewers revealed a Cohen's kappa of 0.344. Conclusions: In 2017, the total number of articles identified by our search continued to increase. Studies and reviews with a focus on infectious diseases, pediatrics, and trauma represented the majority of top‐scoring articles.