Results of a Rapid HIV Screening and Diagnostic Testing Program in an Urban Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-64

  White, Douglas A E ^a   Scribner, Alicia N ^a   Schulden, Jeffrey D ^b   Branson, Bernard M ^b   Heffelfinger, James D ^b  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTICE ACT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349238200     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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