Effect of emergency major abdominal surgery on CD4 cell count among HIV positive patients in a sub Saharan Africa tertiary hospital - a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Surgery plays a key role in HIV palliative care, specifically in the diagnosis and treatment of HIV related and non-related conditions. Yet major surgery depresses the immune system. Whereas the surgical consequences of HIV infection are well described, there is a paucity of published da...

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Autores principales: Okumu, Gabriel, Makobore, Patson, Kaggwa, Sam, Kambugu, Andrew, Galukande, Moses
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-4

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