1. Decalogue to promote the implementation and improvement of recommendations for the early diagnosis of HIV in Emergency Departments.
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González Del Castillo J, Perez Elias MJ, Miguens I, Espinosa B, Juárez R, Piedrafita Lozoya L, Trenc P, Alvarez Manzanares J, Marchena MJ, Rodríguez R, Cabrera N, Grajal P, Navarro C, Piñera P, García F, Moreno S, and Miro O
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- Humans, Spain epidemiology, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Quality Improvement, HIV Infections diagnosis, Emergency Service, Hospital, Early Diagnosis
- Abstract
Early diagnosis of HIV is still a challenge. Emergency Departments (EDs) suppose ideal settings for the early detection of HIV, since patients with high prevalence of hidden HIV infection are frequently attending those services. In 2020, the Spanish Society of Emergency and Emergency Medicine (SEMES) published a series of recommendations for the early diagnosis of patients with suspected HIV infection and their referral and follow-up in the EDs as part of its "Deja tu huella" program. However, the application of these recommendations has been very heterogeneous in our country. Considering this, the working group of the HIV hospital network led by the SEMES has motivated the drafting of a decalogue, with the aim of promoting the implementation and improvement of protocols for the early diagnosis of HIV in Spanish EDs., (Copyright © 2023 Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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