Revising expectations from rapid HIV tests in the emergency department

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-160

  Walensky, Rochelle P ^a   Arbelaez, Christian ^a,b   Reichmann, William M ^a,b   Walls, Ron M ^a,b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Block, Brian L ^a,c   Dooley, Matthew ^a,b   Hetland, Adam ^a,b   Kimmel, Simeon ^a,b   Solomon, Jessica D ^a,b   Losina, Elena ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Partners AIDS Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49049115363     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00003     Document Type: Article

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