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Hepatitis C virus screening of high-risk patients in a community hospital emergency department: Retrospective review of patient characteristics and future implications

BACKGROUND: Chronic hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is a common infectious disease that affects more than 2.7 million people in the US. Because the emergency department (ED) can present an ideal opportunity to screen patients who may not otherwise get routine screening, we implemented a risk-based...

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Autores principales: Park, Ji Seok, Wong, Judy, Cohen, Hillary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34111200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252976