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TABLE 4.
HIV seroprevalence in emergency, hospital, surgery, and
obstetrics patients
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| Authors
(reference) |
Yr |
Setting |
Location |
No. of patients
tested |
No. of patients HIV positive (%) |
|
| Kelen et al.
(158) |
1987 |
Emergency
department |
Baltimore,
Md. |
2,302 |
119 (5.2) |
| Kelen et al.
(157) |
1988 |
Emergency department |
Baltimore,
Md. |
2,544 |
152 (6.0) |
| Marcus et al.
(178) |
1989 |
Emergency department |
Six high-AIDS
areas |
20,382 |
 a
|
| Nagachinta et al. (191) |
1990 |
Emergency
department |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
1,945 |
40 (2.1) |
| Mullins and
Harrison (190) |
1987-1991 |
Trauma center |
Wichita,
Kans. |
2,004 |
3 (0.15) |
| Gordin et al.
(119) |
1987 |
Hospital |
Washington,
D.C. |
616 |
23 (3.7) |
| Trepka et al.
(261) |
1993 |
Hospital |
Denver,
Colo. |
2,825 |
155 (5.5) |
| Charache et al.
(68) |
1989 |
Elective surgery |
Baltimore,
Md. |
4,087 |
18 (0.4) |
| Montecalvo et al.
(187) |
1992 |
Surgery-obstetrics |
Valhalla,
N.Y. |
1,056 |
15 (1.4) |
| Krasinsi et al.b
|
1986-1987 |
Obstetrics |
New York, N.Y. |
1,192 |
28 (2.4)
|
| Donegan et al.
(94) |
1987-1990 |
Obstetrics |
Boston,
Mass. |
3,845 |
93 (2.4) |
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a
4.1 to 8.9 patients per 100 patient
visits.
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b
K. Krasinski, W. Borkowsky, D. Bebenroth, and
T. Moore, Letter, N. Engl. J. Med. 318:185, 1988.
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