HIV infection and in-hospital mortality at an academic hospital in South Africa
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HIV infection and in-hospital mortality at an academic hospital in South Africa.
AIM To document the impact that rapid increases in HIV infection in hospitalised children at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital has had on in-hospital mortality. METHODS Hospital discharge summaries from January 1992 to the end of 1996 were reviewed. RESULTS There were 20 733 admissions in the five year period; 7985 (39%) were tested for HIV. In tested admissions above 15 months of age, 4.9% w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.3.227