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- Title
Eficiencia del cribado de VIH en urgencias: revisión sistemática y metanálisis.
- Authors
González del Castillo, Juan; Fuentes Ferrer, Manuel Enrique; Fernández Pérez, Cristina; Molina Romera, Germán; Núñez Orantos, María José; Estrada Pérez, Vicente
- Abstract
Background and objective. The rates of undiagnosed and late-diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are high. Screening for HIV infection in hospital emergency departments (EDs) could offer a way to increase the number of diagnoses. Our aim was to analyze whether universal hospital ED screening for HIV is efficient. Methods. We followed the guidelines for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). PubMed, the Cochrane Library, LILACS, Scopus, EMBASE, and the Web of Science were searched using the following terms: "HIV infections/epidemiology," "AIDS serodiagnosis," "emergency service, hospital," "prevalence," and "mass screening/methods." The searches were limited to a 5-year time frame (2016-2020); only publications in English or Spanish were collected. We included studies of universal HIV screening among hospital ED patients and evaluated them using the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. Results. A total of 273 articles were identified. Twelve met the inclusion criteria. The studies analyzed 103 731 patient samples and yielded 652 new HIV diagnoses. A random effects model estimated an overall new-diagnosis prevalence of 0.60% (95% CI, 0.39%-0.84%). The heterogeneity statistic I² was high, at 90.02% (P < .001). Estimates of prevalence based on studies carried out in Europe, the United States, and Africa were, respectively, 0.48% (95% CI, 0.13%-1.03%), 0.54% (95% CI, 0.33%-0.40%), and 5.6% (95% CI, 3.37%-9.2%). The studies received quality ratings of moderate or strong. Conclusion. Although the reviewed studies applied various screening strategies to identify new HIV diagnoses, our findings support the conclusion that universal screening is efficient.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EUROPE; AFRICA; HIV infection epidemiology; DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections; AIDS diagnosis; ONLINE information services; MEDICAL databases; HOSPITAL emergency services; META-analysis; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; SYSTEMATIC reviews; MEDICAL screening; MEDLINE
- Publication
Emergencias, 2022, Vol 34, Issue 3, p204
- ISSN
1137-6821
- Publication type
Article