HIV/AIDS related mortality among adult medical patients in a tertiary health institution in South-South, Nigeria

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-144

  Gyuse, A N ^a   Bassey, I E ^a   Udonwa, N E ^a   Okokon, I B ^a   Philip Ephraim, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adult Patients; HIV AIDS; Mortality; Pattern; Tertiary health institution

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77950681234     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60054-5     Document Type: Article

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