Relevance of opt-out screening for HIV in emergency and pre-surgery patients in a tertiary care center in Northern India: A pilot study

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-289

  Minz, Ranjana W ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a   Varma, S ^a   Mathuria, S N ^a   Aggrawal, R ^a   Sehgal, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; Opt out screening; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77953952408     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.64334     Document Type: Article

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