Historically, the role of the emergency physician in HIV care has been constrained to treating
sick patients with opportunistic infections and postexposure prophylaxis for occupational …

Although the rate of new cases of HIV infection has been relatively stable during the past
decade, it remains unacceptably high, with 40,000 individuals newly infected each year. In …

More than 1 million individuals in the United States are HIV positive, with greater than
40,000 new patients being diagnosed per year. With the advent of highly active antiretroviral …

As HIV becomes more prevalent, the treatment of HIV-infected individuals will continue to
engender legal and ethical difficulties. Present-day issues include informed consent for …

Objective The objective of this study is to describe an Emergency Department (ED)-based,
HIV prevention and navigation program and the individuals linked to an in-house clinic for …

Study objective Many emergency departments (EDs) have identified the importance of HIV
prevention and have implemented steps to screen and offer preexposure prophylaxis …

Objectives Research suggests nonoccupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) is under
prescribed for people seeking treatment within 72 h of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

Abstract Objective Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective but underutilized
method of HIV prevention. Emergency departments (EDs) have access to at-risk populations …

HIV infection is a common worldwide public health challenge affecting an estimated 40
million persons. In the United States, there have been over 900,000 cases of AIDS, and it is …

As the AIDS epidemic progresses, the number of ED patients with HIVrelated illness will
continue to increase. As reviewed in this article, much of the existing clinical research in HIV …