Becker TK, Hansoti B, Bartels S, Bisanzo M, Jacquet GA, Lunney K, Marsh R, Osei‐Ampofo M, Trehan I, Lam C, Levine AC, Anderson RE, Armstrong P, Aschkenasy M, Balhara KS, Boyd M, Chan J, Dickason RM, Grover E, Hauswald M, Hayward AS, Hexom B, House E, Jenson A, Kearney A, Keefe DM, Kivlehan S, Machen HE, Mahal J, Marsh RH, Millikan DJ, Modi P, Nicholson B, Rahman N, Rybarczyk M, Schroeder ED, Selvam A, Silvestri D, Trehan I, Tyler Winders W. Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2015.
Acad Emerg Med 2016;
23:1183-1191. [PMID:
27146277 DOI:
10.1111/acem.12999]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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.
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