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Emergency Physician Provides HIV and Hepatitis C Testing, Counseling to Underserved Communities

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 10, 2023

At the time, those who wanted to get tested for HIV had to go to receive an hour of counseling and then wait a week for their results. As the science was progressing into point-of-care testing, Dr. Calderon and her colleagues started testing different options for providing HIV counseling in the ED.

Research

Research Point-of-Care Testing Burns Outcomes

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, PCT can be elevated in severe trauma, such as burns or surgery [5,25]. Significantly elevated CRP (>122mg/L) and PCT (>0.5ng/mL) levels are predictors of bad outcomes, and are useful for tracking therapy progress, but are not specific enough to rule-in infectious endocarditis [38-39]. 2015;110(6):802-819.

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing

Emergency Care Today

Emergency Physician Provides HIV and Hepatitis C Testing, Counseling to Underserved Communities

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

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