In-Patient Mortality among PLHIV: A 7-Year Hospital-Based Retrospective Study in Coastal South India

In-Patient Mortality among PLHIV: A 7-Year Hospital-Based Retrospective Study in Coastal South India

Background: With the wide usage of highly active antiretroviral therapy, the morbidity and mortality due to HIV have declined gradually. The aim of our study was to determine the cause of mortality among HIV-infected patients and the factors causing early death. Methods: Using medical records of 73...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2017-09, Vol.16 (5), p.494-498
Hauptverfasser: Farhan, Omer, Achappa, Basavaprabhu, Bhaskaran, Unnikrishnan, Holla, Ramesh, Ramapuram, John T., Rao, Satish, Madi, Deepak R.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult
AIDS
Antiretroviral drugs
Antiretroviral therapy
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Death & dying
Drug therapy
Female
HIV
HIV Infections - complications
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - immunology
HIV Infections - mortality
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Illnesses
India - epidemiology
Male
Medical records
Medicine
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Prescription drugs
Retrospective Studies
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Background: With the wide usage of highly active antiretroviral therapy, the morbidity and mortality due to HIV have declined gradually. The aim of our study was to determine the cause of mortality among HIV-infected patients and the factors causing early death. Methods: Using medical records of 73 inpatients who are dead, data were collected and analyzed using SPSS version 19 (IBM SPSS Statistics). Chi-square test was performed to determine the factors contributing to early death. A P value
ISSN:2325-9582
2325-9574
2325-9582
DOI:10.1177/2325957417710721