Journal article
Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population: The Role of the Pediatric Emergency Provider
Pediatric emergency medicine reports, Vol.18(7)
01 Jul 2013
Abstract
[...]these patients are unable to benefit from care and are more likely to transmit the infection unknowingly.2-5 The AIDS epidemic has changed over the past one to two decades. [...]socioeconomic factors play a role, and a link between poverty and HIV is prevalent. [...]biologically, the exocervix of young women is composed of a single layer of columnar epithelial cells, in contrast to the multilayer of squamous cells in older women. [...]a chest radiograph should be obtained and abdominal imaging should be considered, given the clinical scenario.
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- Title
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population: The Role of the Pediatric Emergency Provider
- Creators
- Pramath NathLorena PereiraDaniel ConwayChristopher Haines
- Publication Details
- Pediatric emergency medicine reports, Vol.18(7)
- Publisher
- Relias Learning
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Identifiers
- 991021838679304721