Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV seroprevalence in critically ill emergency medicine department patients in a tertiary inner city hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ozturk, Tuba Cimilli ^a   Guneysel, Ozlem ^b   Tali, Adem ^b   Yildirim, Sonay Ezgi ^b   Onur, Ozge Ecmel ^a   Yaylaci, Serpil ^c  

^a Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Umraniye Education and Research Hospital Otolaryngology Clinic Umraniye   (Turkey)

^c ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Emergency department; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84902001443     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.304.4975     Document Type: Article

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