HIV infection among rural trauma patients: a blind serosurvey and literature review.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-1998
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence rates among rural trauma patients range between 0.15 and 1.32 per cent. A random sample of trauma patients treated at our rural trauma center between September 1994 and November 1995 was enrolled into a blind HIV serosurvey. Five hundred sixty-six of 1315 trauma patients (43%) were tested. Two of the 566 patients (0.35%) were HIV positive. A review of aggregate data for HIV infection among rural trauma patients in the United States show that 28 of the 4639 patients (0.60%) are HIV positive. We conclude that there was a low HIV incidence among our trauma patients from September 1994 to November 1995, and the cost-effectiveness of HIV testing for rural trauma patients is questionable with incidences between 0.5 and 1.0 per cent.
Volume
64
Issue
5
First Page
447
Last Page
449
ISSN
0003-1348
Published In/Presented At
Ankney, R. N., Kurek, S. J., Miller, S. L., Hughes, K. M., & Coil, J. A. (1998). HIV infection among rural trauma patients: a blind serosurvey and literature review. The American surgeon, 64(5), 447–449.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
9585782
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article