Undetected HIV infection among acutely ill psychiatric inpatients.
Serological testing of waste bloods revealed that 25 (7%) of 350 acutely ill psychiatric inpatients had HIV infection. Eight of the 10 HIV-positive patients whose serological status was not recorded on admission were discharged with their status still unrecorded and presumably undetected. Thirty-nine (51%) of the 77 inpatients with HIV-related risk behaviors identified on admission were discharged with no record of their having been serologically tested before or during hospitalization.
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Department of Psychiatry, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, NY.
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Looser-Ott
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Burton
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Perry
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D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012309:Risk-Taking