Systematic review and bibliometric analysis of African anesthesia and critical care medicine research part I: hierarchy of evidence and scholarly productivity

Research is an essential component of Anesthesia, and the contributions of researchers and institutions can be appreciated from the analysis of scholarly outputs. Such analyses help identify major contributors and trends in publication. Little is known about the state of Anesthesia and Critical Care...

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Published in:BMC anesthesiology 2020-09, Vol.20 (1), p.247-247, Article 247
Main Authors: Kanmounye, Ulrick Sidney, Tochie, Joel Noutakdie, Mbonda, Aimé, Wafo, Cynthia Kévine, Daya, Leonid, Atem, Thompson Hope, Nyalundja, Arsène Daniel, Eyaman, Daniel Cheryl
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Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Analgesia
Analysis
Anesthesia
Bibliometrics
Collaboration
Critical care
Critical care medicine
Funding
Global anesthesia
Information management
Nursing
Pain perception
Researchers
Statistical analysis
Surgery
Trends
Workloads
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Summary:Research is an essential component of Anesthesia, and the contributions of researchers and institutions can be appreciated from the analysis of scholarly outputs. Such analyses help identify major contributors and trends in publication. Little is known about the state of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine (A.C.C.M.) research in Africa. We aimed to describe African A.C.C.M. research's current landscape by determining its productivity per country and point towards possible ideas for improvement. The authors searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) from inception to May 4, 2020, for articles on or about A.C.C.M. in Africa. Studies were selected based on their titles and abstracts. Rayyan software was later on used for data management in the review selection process. Then, the full-text of eligible articles were screened. Data were extracted, and the number of articles per physician anesthesia providers and provider density were calculated. Kruskal Wallis test and Spearman's correlation were used, and a P-value
ISSN:1471-2253
1471-2253
DOI:10.1186/s12871-020-01167-8