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

• Autori principali: Soren Kudsk-Iversen (Autore), John Paul Gilbert (Autore), Anneshree Azarath (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: AOSIS, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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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-N...