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May 31, 2011High-Risk older patients are not screened for HIV
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/743632
Older high-risk patients rarely undergo HIV testing when they present for the first time at an outpatient primary care clinic, investigators reported here at the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting. Researchers at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine reviewed the electronic records of 350 patients 65 years of age and older who had their first appointment at an ambulatory geriatric clinic during a recent 12-month period. The results showed that the rate of HIV testing was only 5.02 percent, and that the presence of HIV risk factors had almost no effect on whether HIV testing was conducted or not. "Ideally, new patients undergo screening for sexually transmitted diseases at their index visit," principal investigator Aaron Kirsch, a third-year medical student." (subscription)
Older high-risk patients rarely undergo HIV testing when they present for the first time at an outpatient primary care clinic, investigators reported here at the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting. Researchers at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine reviewed the electronic records of 350 patients 65 years of age and older who had their first appointment at an ambulatory geriatric clinic during a recent 12-month period. The results showed that the rate of HIV testing was only 5.02 percent, and that the presence of HIV risk factors had almost no effect on whether HIV testing was conducted or not. "Ideally, new patients undergo screening for sexually transmitted diseases at their index visit," principal investigator Aaron Kirsch, a third-year medical student." (subscription)
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