Management of patients presenting with diarrhoea to a regional emergency department in KwaZulu-Natal: Call for clearer, more relevant guidance

Management of patients presenting with diarrhoea to a regional emergency department in KwaZulu-Natal: Call for clearer, more relevant guidance

Background. HIV is prevalent throughout South Africa, and diarrhoea is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED) among both HIV-infected and -uninfected individuals.  Method. We audited the management of diarrhoea against standard guidelines in the ED of a regional hospital in KwaZulu-...

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Main Authors: Soren Kudsk-Iversen, John Paul Gilbert, Anneshree Azarath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2014-09-01
Series:Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Subjects:
HIV
AIDS
Infectious diarrhoea
Non-infectious diarrhoea
Emergency medicine
Online Access:https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/9

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