The burden of HIV and tuberculosis on the resuscitation area of an urban district-level hospital in Cape Town

Autor: Lynne Swarts, Sa'ad Lahri, Daniël J. van Hoving
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 165-170 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-419X
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2020.09.016
Popis: Introduction: Many patients present to emergency centres with HIV and tuberculosis related emergencies. Little is known about the influence of HIV and tuberculosis on the resuscitation areas of district-level hospitals. The primary objective was to determine the burden of non-trauma patients with HIV and/or tuberculosis presenting to the resuscitation area of Khayelitsha Hospital, Cape Town. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on a prospectively collected observational database. A randomly selected 12-week sample of data from the resuscitation area was used. Trauma and paediatric (
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