在亚特兰大的急诊中心选择退出梅毒查:评估试点计划的评估
Stephanie Sweitzer, Joseph Sharp, Dylan Baker1
1From the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
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概括
紧急护理中心 (UCC) 的常规选择性梅毒查成功发现并治疗了更多梅毒病例. 这种方法也促进了艾滋病毒暴露前预防 (PrEP) 的转诊,尽管完成率很低.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
- 性健康服务性健康服务.
背景情况:
- 紧急护理中心 (UCC) 对服务不足社区的性健康服务至关重要,为艾滋病毒和梅毒查提供机会.
- 梅毒和艾滋病毒不成比例地影响受限于初级保健服务的人口.
- 在UCC中实施普遍的选择性梅毒查可以改善早期检测和治疗.
研究的目的:
- 评估亚特兰大UCC的试点通用,选择退出梅毒查计划的有效性.
- 评估梅毒识别率,治疗完成率和与艾滋病毒预防服务的联系.
主要方法:
- 在2021年9月至2021年12月期间接受了选择退出梅毒查 (RPR测试) 的18岁以上患者的回顾性图表审查.
- 抽象的数据包括人口统计,梅毒阶段和治疗,以及艾滋病毒检测/血清状况.
- 具有反应性RPR的患者接受了分期,治疗和转诊HIV暴露前预防 (PrEP) 的随访.
主要成果:
- 在5794名被分组的患者中,1381人 (23.8%) 接受了梅毒查,其中80人 (5.8%) 是反应性RPR和42人 (52.5%) 是活跃梅毒病例.
- 在患有活跃梅毒的患者中,92.9%接受治疗,83.3%完成治疗;晚期梅毒与较低的治疗完成率有关.
- 只有4.3%的提供PrEP的患者表达了兴趣,0.7%完成了摄入,没有发现与兴趣相关的因素.
结论:
- 在UCC中进行普遍的选择性梅毒测试有效地提高了梅毒检测和治疗率.
- 该UCC设置为梅毒管理和艾滋病毒预防咨询提供了一个有价值的场所.
- 虽然做出了PrEP推,但患者参与完成PrEP临床摄入需要进一步改进.
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