Edwin Lugazia

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 683 citations indexed

About

Edwin Lugazia is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Edwin Lugazia has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 683 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 8 papers in Emergency Medicine and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Edwin Lugazia's work include Global Health and Surgery (6 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (5 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers). Edwin Lugazia is often cited by papers focused on Global Health and Surgery (6 papers), Emergency and Acute Care Studies (5 papers) and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers). Edwin Lugazia collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, Sweden and Uganda. Edwin Lugazia's co-authors include Tim Baker, David B. Konrad, Jaran Eriksen, Victor Mwafongo, Paul Truché, Ché L. Reddy, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Kee B. Park, Martin Smith and Emmanuel Makasa and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesia & Analgesia.

In The Last Decade

Edwin Lugazia

17 papers receiving 677 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Globalization of national surgical, obstetric and anesthesia plans: the critical link between health policy and action in global surgery

2020 241 citations Paul Truché, Haitham Shoman et al. Globalization and Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edwin Lugazia Tanzania	11	193	178	136	131	129	22	683
Madeline Joseph United States	16	279 1.4×	173 1.0×	97 0.7×	124 0.9×	169 1.3×	50	871
Aireen Wingert Canada	15	92 0.5×	66 0.4×	59 0.4×	167 1.3×	88 0.7×	24	682
Kelly K. Gurka United States	15	209 1.1×	238 1.3×	27 0.2×	114 0.9×	345 2.7×	45	925
Jeffrey D. Colvin United States	19	266 1.4×	143 0.8×	53 0.4×	250 1.9×	136 1.1×	50	1.1k
Janet Williams United States	19	224 1.2×	210 1.2×	136 1.0×	32 0.2×	209 1.6×	59	954
Richard Davis United States	12	167 0.9×	98 0.6×	365 2.7×	51 0.4×	216 1.7×	21	843
Anders Bremer Sweden	19	463 2.4×	261 1.5×	83 0.6×	33 0.3×	158 1.2×	82	992
Paloma Toledo United States	23	242 1.3×	462 2.6×	82 0.6×	642 4.9×	84 0.7×	99	1.8k
Daniel A. Rauch United States	13	304 1.6×	141 0.8×	98 0.7×	184 1.4×	50 0.4×	54	766
Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako United States	17	49 0.3×	361 2.0×	88 0.6×	101 0.8×	177 1.4×	55	742

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lugazia, Edwin, et al.. (2024). Assessment of Energy Consumption Patterns and Validation of Predictive Equations among ICU Patients at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 6(4). 57–65. 1 indexed citations

Hellar, Augustino, Larry Akoko, Desmond T. Jumbam, et al.. (2024). An Assessment of Progress and Challenges in the Implementation of the National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plan (NSOAP) in Tanzania. East and Central African journal of surgery. 29(2). 15–22. 4 indexed citations

Lugazia, Edwin, et al.. (2024). Capacity of Anesthesiology Residency Programs in Four East African Countries: Can Supply Meet the Demand?. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 140(1). 129–135.

Meara, John G., Barnabas Tobi Alayande, David Barash, et al.. (2023). A practical tool for managing change: cross-sectional psychometric assessment of the safe surgery organizational readiness tool. International Journal of Surgery. 110(2). 733–739.

Lugazia, Edwin, et al.. (2023). Burnout and associated factors among healthcare workers in acute care settings at a tertiary teaching hospital in Tanzania: An analytical cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports. 6(5). e1256–e1256. 19 indexed citations

Lugazia, Edwin. (2022). Prevalence of Post-Operative Acute Kidney Injury and Associated Risk Factors at A Tertiary Trauma Center in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. 7(4).

Schell, Carl Otto, et al.. (2020). Vital Signs Directed Therapy for the Critically Ill: Improved Adherence to the Treatment Protocol Two Years after Implementation in an Intensive Care Unit in Tanzania. Emergency Medicine International. 2020. 1–6. 4 indexed citations

Truché, Paul, Haitham Shoman, Ché L. Reddy, et al.. (2020). Globalization of national surgical, obstetric and anesthesia plans: the critical link between health policy and action in global surgery. Globalization and Health. 16(1). 1–1. 241 indexed citations breakdown →

Lugazia, Edwin, et al.. (2019). Referral and admission to intensive care: A qualitative study of doctors’ practices in a Tanzanian university hospital. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0224355–e0224355. 15 indexed citations

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Lugazia, Edwin, et al.. (2017). Management and outcome of traumatic brain injury patients at Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Pan African Medical Journal. 26. 140–140. 29 indexed citations

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Mijumbi, Cephas, et al.. (2016). Challenges of Anesthesia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Access to Safe Obstetric Anesthesia in East Africa. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 124(1). 290–299. 74 indexed citations

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Chokwe, T, et al.. (2015). Anaesthesia In Developing Countries. Value in Health. 18(7). A679–A679.

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Baker, Tim, Carl Otto Schell, Edwin Lugazia, et al.. (2015). Vital Signs Directed Therapy: Improving Care in an Intensive Care Unit in a Low-Income Country. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144801–e0144801. 37 indexed citations

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Mijumbi, Cephas, et al.. (2015). Working towards safer surgery in Africa; a survey of utilization of the WHO safe surgical checklist at the main referral hospitals in East Africa. BMC Anesthesiology. 16(1). 60–60. 30 indexed citations

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Schell, Carl Otto, et al.. (2015). Severely deranged vital signs as triggers for acute treatment modifications on an intensive care unit in a low-income country. BMC Research Notes. 8(1). 313–313. 18 indexed citations

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Baker, Tim, Edwin Lugazia, Carl Otto Schell, et al.. (2015). Single Deranged Physiologic Parameters Are Associated With Mortality in a Low-Income Country. Critical Care Medicine. 43(10). 2171–2179. 33 indexed citations

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Sawe, Hendry R., Juma A. Mfinanga, Salum J. Lidenge, et al.. (2014). Disease patterns and clinical outcomes of patients admitted in intensive care units of tertiary referral hospitals of Tanzania. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 14(1). 26–26. 74 indexed citations

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Lugazia, Edwin, et al.. (2013). Surgical Experience with Closure of an Isolated PDA at Muhimbili Cardiothoracic Unit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. East and Central African journal of surgery. 18(2). 127–136.

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Baker, Tim, Edwin Lugazia, Jaran Eriksen, et al.. (2013). Emergency and critical care services in Tanzania: a survey of ten hospitals. BMC Health Services Research. 13(1). 140–140. 98 indexed citations

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Jiang, Wenxi, Edwin Lugazia, Pilly Chillo, et al.. (2011). Closed Mitral Valvotomy-a Life Saving Procedure in Facility Deprived Countries: Experience at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania.. TSpace. 16(1). 82–87. 4 indexed citations

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