Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64 , July 2009

Results of a Rapid HIV Screening and Diagnostic Testing Program in an Urban Emergency Department

Presented in part at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual conference, May 2006, San Francisco, CA.

  • Douglas A.E. White, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Douglas A. E. White, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602; 510-535-7439, fax 510-437-8322
    • ,
  • Alicia N. Scribner, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey D. Schulden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Bernard M. Branson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • James D. Heffelfinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Received 5 June 2008 ,Revised 17 September 2008 ,Accepted 24 September 2008.

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 Supervising editor: David A. Talan, MD

 Author contributions: DAEW, JDS, BMB, and JDH conceived and designed the study. ANS acquired the data. DAEW, ANS, JDS, BMB, and JDH analyzed and interpreted the data. DAEW and ANS drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. Statistical analysis was provided by Barbara Grimes, PhD, University of California at San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (paid consultant). DAEW obtained the funding and takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported by grant PSU65/CCU924486 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and by grant 1 UL1 RR024131-01 from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. The findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC or of the NCRR.

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 Publication date: Available online November 5, 2008.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)01844-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.09.027

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64 , July 2009

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