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Routine cranial CT before lumbar puncture in HIV positive adults presenting with seizures at Mitchells Plain Hospital in Cape Town
Current international guidelines recommend that a cranial computed tomography (CT) be performed, on all HIV positive patients presenting with new onset seizures, before a lumbar puncture (LP) is performed. In the South African setting, however, this delay could be life threatening. This study sought...
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Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
2015
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