title: A glimmer of hope? Evaluation of time for non-genitourinary medicine physicians to diagnose HIV infection in patients presenting with HIV-related illness.
abstract: A study conducted in 2002-2003 at three UK south coast hospitals measuring the length of time for non-genitourinary medicine physicians to diagnose HIV when patients presented with an HIV-related illness, found a median time to diagnosis of four days with 70% of diagnoses being made within seven days. This retrospective cohort study of all patients newly diagnosed with HIV between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2011 was conducted at the same three hospitals. Thirty-seven patients were newly diagnosed with HIV in non-genitourinary (GU) medicine inpatient and outpatient settings (24 men, 13 women), with a mean age of 43 years. The median time to diagnosis was one day (interquartile range of 0-4 days), with 81% of diagnoses made within seven days of first presentation. Late diagnosis of HIV remains a significant challenge, but delayed diagnosis in a patient admitted with an HIV-related illness is reducing in this setting.
authors: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal South Hants Hospital, Brintons Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YG.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Clarke
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Drew
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sundaram
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Baker
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Whale
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Rowen
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Patel
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D061665:Time-to-Treatment; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: AIDS; HIV; United Kingdom; diagnosis; late presenters; time to diagnosis