Screening for hepatitis B & C: A routine preoperative investigation?

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-459

  Masood, Zubia ^a   Jawaid, Masood ^a   Khan, Rehan Abbas ^a   Ur Rehman, Shafiq ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; HBsAg; Seroprevalence; Surgical patients

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; JAUNDICE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; SYRINGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 33644797504     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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