Routine HIV screening in the emergency department using the new US centers for disease control and prevention guidelines: Results from a high-prevalence area

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-401

  Brown, Jeremy ^a   Shesser, Robert ^a   Simon, Gary ^a   Bahn, Maria ^a   Czarnogorski, Maggie ^a   Kuo, Irene ^b   Magnus, Manya ^b   Sikka, Neal ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV screening; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VIRUS EXAMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049026802     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181582d82     Document Type: Article

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