Absolute lymphocyte count in the emergency department predicts a low CD4 count in admitted HIV-positive patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-389

  Napoli, Anthony M ^a   Fischer, Christopher M ^b   Pines, Jesse M ^c,d   Soe Lin, Hahn ^e   Goyal, Munish ^c   Milzman, David ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79954577462     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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