Prevalence of HIV status and CD4 counts in a surgical cohort: Their relationship to clinical outcome

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Cacala S R ^a   Mafana, E ^a   Thomson, S R ^a   Smith, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 30044431876     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X83050     Document Type: Article

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