HIV postexposure prophylaxis in sexual assault: Current practice and patient adherence to treatment recommendations in a large urban teaching hospital

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 640-646

  Linden, Judith A ^a   Oldeg, Paula ^a   Mehta, Supriya D ^a   McCabe, Kerry K ^a   Labelle, Colleen ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; HIV prophylaxis; Sexual assault treatment

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BOSTON; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RAPE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20444480291     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.01.015     Document Type: Article

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