Fifteen years of emergency medicine literature in Africa: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency medicine (EM) throughout Africa exists in various stages of development. The number and types of scientific EM literature can serve as a proxy indicator of EM regional development and activity. The goal of this scoping review is a preliminary assessment of potential size and scope of available African EM literature published over 15 years.

Methods

We searched five indexed international databases as well as non-indexed grey literature from 1999-2014 using key search terms including ^"Africa", "emergency medicine", "emergency medical services", and "disaster." Two trained physician reviewers independently assessed whether each article met one or more of five inclusion criteria, and discordant results were adjudicated by a senior reviewer. Artic

SUBMITTER: Mould-Millman NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6400014 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature