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[Patients with AIDS admitted to the emergency service of the medical school at the University of Sao Paulo, in 1990]

Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo. 1992 May-Jun;47(3):146-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94053294
Pasternak J; Teixeira ET; Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de; Sao Paulo.

Abstract: In 1990, 12,319 patients, 235 of whom had AIDS (HIV IV), were admitted in the Emergency Division of the Hospital das Clinicas. The number of patients with AIDS represented 1.9% of all admissions and 4.2% of all clinical cases admitted. These 235 patients had 329 admissions; 163 were readmitted only once and 72 more than once. Mean time of permanence, ranging from one to 54 days, was 5.8 days. Approximately 70% of these AIDS patients came to our hospital from outside the area under our responsibility. Most of our patients were drug addicts. Kaposi's sarcoma was unusual.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Age Factors Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY Emergencies English Abstract Female *Hospitals, University Human Male Sex Factors Time Factors JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDepidemiologyagefactorsbrazil/epidemiologyemergenciesenglishabstractfemaleKWDhospitals,universityhumanmalesexfactorstimefactorsjournalarticle
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