African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Papers
(The median citation count of African Journal of Emergency Medicine is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Acute organophosphorus toxicity in a regional hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective chart review18
Weight estimation in two groups of Ghanaian children with chronic diseases using Broselow, Mercy, PAWPER XL and PAWPER XL-MAC tapes17
Global health research abstracts: March ‘2317
Injury patterns in patients with severe traumatic brain injuries from motor crashes admitted to Mulago hospital accidents & emergency unit16
Emergency care drugs' chemical stability after eight weeks’ deployment in the prehospital setting14
The value of electrocardiography in predicting inpatient mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: A cross sectional analysis14
Global Health research abstracts: May ‘2313
Epidemiological profile and performance of triage decision-making process of COVID-19 suspected cases in southern Tunisia13
The activities and impacts of a community-based volunteer ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa11
Evaluation des connaissances théoriques des étudiants en médecine sur les gestes de premiers secours en République Démocratique du Congo11
Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study11
Factors associated with HIV testing among patients seeking emergent injury care in Kigali, Rwanda11
Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa10
Emergency centre patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Some epidemiological and clinical aspects at Beni General Referral Hospital10
Global Health abstracts9
Acute coronary syndrome prevalence and outcomes in a Tanzanian emergency department: Results from a prospective surveillance study9
Global health research abstracts9
Clinical profile and outcomes of trauma patients visiting the emergency department of a trauma center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia9
Pelvic sheet binders: Are doctors placing them in the correct position?8
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital8
Evaluation of the use of intraosseous access on adult patients presenting to the emergency department in urban South Africa8
Experiences and Interventions by Botswana police officers in providing emergency care in road traffic collisions in the greater Gaborone region7
Access to acute stroke care: A retrospective descriptive analysis of stroke patients’ journey to a district hospital7
Framework first: Key insights on developing emergency medical care policy in low- and middle-income countries7
Clinical impact of a prehospital trauma shock bundle of care in South Africa7
Abstracts from African Conference of Emergency Care 2024. Gaborone, Botswana November 20247
Patients requiring palliative care attending a regional hospital emergency centre in South Africa: A descriptive study7
Exploring trauma surgeons' views on trauma care in Nigeria: A qualitative study7
Assessment of substance use among injured persons seeking emergency care in Nairobi, Kenya6
Oxygen therapy practice and associated factors among nurses working at an Ethiopian Referral Hospital6
Management of acute fever in children: Consensus recommendations for community and primary healthcare providers in sub-Saharan Africa6
Quality of systematic reviews in African emergency medicine: a cross-sectional methodological study6
The use of non-invasive ventilation by emergency doctors in Johannesburg Academic Hospitals, South Africa – assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices6
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘235
Emergency clinician output in a district hospital emergency centre: a cross-sectional analysis5
Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding cervical collars in adult trauma patients amongst practitioners at three hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa5
Impact of structured basic life-support course on nurses' cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills: Experience of a paediatric department in low-resource country5
The transition of patient care: Exploring the outcomes of prehospital to hospital patient handover practices and healthcare provider education5
The value of shock index, modified shock index and age shock index to predict mortality and hospitalisation in a district level emergency centre5
The status and future of emergency care in the Republic of Kenya5
Epidemiology and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients consulting at the center hospitalier universitaire de Kigali emergency department5
Trauma patients at the Helderberg District Hospital emergency centre, South Africa: A descriptive study4
Workplace violence in three public sector emergency departments, Gauteng, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey4
Massive influx of victims: staff preparedness and facility readiness of Tunisian general University Hospitals.4
A retrospective review of post-intubation sedation and analgesia practices in a South African private ambulance service4
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with an unscheduled return visit within 72 hours to the Paediatric Emergency Centre at a Private Tertiary Referral Hospital in Kenya4
Global Health research abstracts: January ‘224
Comparison of the effects of different treatment protocols on mortality in patients presenting with an INR≥10 due to warfarin-associated over-anticoagulation4
Development of a checklist for auditing completion of patient report forms: A Delphi study4
The clinical characteristics and outcomes of appendicitis in a population with a high HIV-infection prevalence4
Training and certification in first responder care among mountaineering practitioners in east Africa4
Ketamine as adjunctive or monotherapy for post-intubation sedation in patients with trauma on mechanical ventilation: A rapid review4
Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in a low resource setting: A scoping review4
Man-O-War simulator: a Low-cost manikin for training on chest tube management4
Intubation during spinal motion restriction using the LuboTM cervical collar - a manikin simulation study4
Stroke in Djibouti4
From vocational to graduation: A mixed methods study of support needs for vocational learners pursuing post-graduate education in South Africa3
The ethical considerations for emergency care research in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of the published literature3
Global Health research abstracts: November ‘223
A prospective, internal validation of an emergency patient triage tool for use in a low resource setting3
Determining the research priorities for emergency care within the Western Cape province of South Africa: A consensus study3
Can plethysmographic capillary refill time predict lactate during sepsis? An observational study from Morocco3
Development and delivery of a higher diploma in emergency medicine and critical care for clinical officers in Kenya3
Climate change and emergency care in Africa: A scoping review3
Implementation of a fast triage score for patients arriving to a low resource hospital in Uganda3
Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of smartphone captured radiologic images communicated via WhatsApp®3
Global Health abstracts3
Global health research abstracts: July ‘233
A needs assessment for formal emergency medicine curriculum and training in Zambia3
The National Ambulance Service of Ghana: Changes in capacity and utilization over 20 years3
Occupational blood and body fluid exposure among emergency medical service providers in the eThekwini metropole of South Africa3
Strengthening emergency care provision in a non-emergency physician run emergency department – Experience from the Eastern Cape, South Africa3
The lived experiences of emergency care personnel in the Western Cape, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal hermeneutic phenomenological study3
Malaria and COVID-19: A double battle for Burundi3
Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications in Africa: Lessons from the South African Diploma in Primary Emergency Care3
Thoracic trauma in national hospital Abuja, Nigeria: The epidemiology, injury severity and initial management options3
Accuracy of focused cardiac ultrasound interpretation among emergency and critical care medicine residents in Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study3
How Health Care Practitioners experience emergencies at Primary Health Care facilities – Kinks in the chain of survival3
Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey2
Impact of implementation of sequential trauma education programs (STEPs) course on missed injuries in emergency polytrauma patients, Ismailia, Egypt2
Global Health research abstracts: December ‘232
Systematic review on epidemiology, interventions and management of noncommunicable diseases in acute and emergency care settings in Kenya2
Outcomes of a Climate Change Workshop at the 2020 African Conference on Emergency Medicine2
Bedside colorimetric reagent dipstick in the diagnosis of meningitis in low– and middle–income countries: A prospective, international blinded comparison with laboratory analysis2
Global Health research abstracts: March ‘242
Age-related laryngoscopic visual acuity2
Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis2
Empowering emergency nursing in Africa through research2
Ten years of the community-based emergency first aid responder (EFAR) system in the Western Cape of South Africa: What has happened, what has changed, and what has been learned2
Temporal changes in trauma according to alcohol sale restrictions during the South African national COVID-19 lockdown2
Analysis of risk factors for wound infection after extremity fracture caused by machete cut in a resource-limited setting2
Understanding the factors that influence CT utilization for mild traumatic brain injury in a low resource setting - a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework2
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘242
Incidence and factors associated with being a victim of community assault; retrospective review of medical records in an Emergency Centre2
Patients' satisfaction with emergency care services in a University Teaching Hospital in South-West, Nigeria2
Assault-injured youth in the emergency centres of Khayelitsha, South Africa: A prospective study of recidivism and mortality2
Emergency care capacity in Sierra Leone: A multicentre analysis2
Predictors of mortality in emergency centre patients with acute pesticide poisoning in Uganda2
Systemic emergency department performance in a low resource tertiary health facility in central Kenya: Micro level emergency care system evaluation2
Injury burdens and care delivery in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kigali, Rwanda: A prospective interrupted cross-sectional study2
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of first aid among taxi operators in a Kampala City Taxi Park, Uganda: A cross-sectional study2
Comparison of inferior vena cava collapsibility and central venous pressure in assessing volume status in shocked patients2
Pattern of admissions and outcome in the children emergency department of a tertiary health institution in Southwestern Nigeria: A four-year review2
Global Health research abstracts: June ‘242
Road traffic accident clinical pattern and management outcomes at JUMC Emergency Department; Ethiopia2
Cross-sectional survey of treatments and outcomes among injured adult patients in Kigali, Rwanda2
An observational simulation-based study of the accuracy of intercostal drain placement and factors influencing placement2
The characteristics of geriatric patients managed within the resuscitation unit of a district-level emergency centre in Cape Town2
Predicting mortality in trauma patients - A retrospective comparison of the performance of six scoring systems applied to polytrauma patients from the emergency centre of a South African central hospi2
A qualitative assessment of stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to emergency care delays in Northern Tanzania through the Three Delays2
Effects of the Lubo cervical collar on airway patency in awake adults – A magnetic resonance imaging study1
UPESI: Swahili translation of the FAST acronym for stroke awareness campaigns in East Africa1
The views and experiences of candidates and graduates from a South African emergency medicine doctoral programme1
Comparison of paediatric weight estimation methods at a tertiary hospital in Ghana1
An evaluation of basic life support training among medical students in Southwest Nigeria: A web-based study1
A baseline review of the ability of hospitals in Kenya to provide emergency and critical care services for COVID-19 patients1
Paediatric emergency care at an academic referral hospital in Mozambique1
Global health research abstracts: August ‘241
Developing emergency medical care policy across Kenya: A framework for policy development1
The burden of diabetic emergencies on the resuscitation area of a district-level public hospital in Cape Town1
Assessment and reassessment of injured patients at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial1
Evaluate the incidence, topography, management, and outcomes in patients with polytrauma in the Suez Canal and Sinai areas1
The initiative for medical equity and global health (IMEGH) resuscitation training program: A model for resuscitation training courses in Africa1
Firearm injuries among children due to the Kivu conflict from 2017 to 2020: A hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study1
Diagnostic Performance of Point of Care Ultrasound Compared to Chest X-Ray in Patients with Hypoxia at a Teaching Hospital Emergency Department in Uganda1
Assessing awareness and attitude of Egyptian medical students towards emergency medicine as a specialty and career choice: A single-institutional study1
Financial medicine as a source of moral distress: An unrecognised pathway to moral injury in the South African EMS systems1
Audit of emergency airway drugs and equipment at a Johannesburg hospital1
Response to “Ethylene glycol poisoning: A diagnostic challenge in a patient with persistent seizures and a severe metabolic acidosis”1
The accuracy of nurse-led triage of adult patients in the emergency centre of urban private hospitals1
Characteristics of paediatric injuries as predictors of 24-hour disposition from the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Southwestern Uganda1
Five-year analysis of clinical presentations and predictors of stroke mortality in rural Southwestern Nigeria: A retrospective observational study1
Essential human and material resources for emergency care in the district hospitals of Burundi1
Demographics and clinical characteristics of hospitalised patients under investigation for COVID-19 with an initial negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result1
The characteristics and outcomes of trauma admissions to an adult general surgery ward in a tertiary teaching hospital1
Survival status and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients in an Ethiopian hospital: A retrospective cohort study1
Global health research abstracts: April ‘241
Facilitating the development of emergency nursing in Africa: Operational challenges and successes1
Training, knowledge, experience and perceptions regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation of doctors at an academic hospital in central South Africa1
Mapping the evidence of emergency nursing research in WHO Afro-region states: A Scoping Review1
Trauma provision in South-West Nigeria: Epidemiology, challenges and priorities1
Clinical profile and predictors of renal failure in emergency department patients at a tertiary level hospital, a cross sectional study1
A comparison of the effectiveness of QCPR and conventional CPR training in final-year medical students at a South African university1
A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania1
South African palliative care provider perspectives on emergency medical services in palliative situations1
Barriers to accessing appendectomy in the public sector health system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa1
Results from the implementation of the World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care Course in Lagos, Nigeria1
The variables predictive of ambulance non-conveyance of patients in the Western Cape, South Africa1
A 12-month retrospective descriptive analysis of a single helicopter emergency medical service operator in four South African provinces1
Prehospital care for traumatic spinal cord injury by first responders in 8 sub-Saharan African countries and 6 other low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review1
Global health research abstracts: January ‘241
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, recommendations and challenges at hand1
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