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HIV-infected patients in the ICU in the current era of high-activity antiretroviral treatment

Authors: P Vidal Cortés, V Aller Fernández, M Mourelo Fariña, P Lameiro Flores, P Vázquez Rodríguez, A Castro Iglesias

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Our purpose is to study the effect of high-activity antiretroviral treatment (HAART) on the epidemiology and outcome of human inmunodefficiency virus (HIV) patients in the ICU. HAART has modified the outcome of patients infected with HIV, increasing survival and reducing infectious complications. In the first years of HAART use a significant change in the diagnosis and prognosis of ICU-admitted HIV patients has been identified, but there are no studies investigating this issue in the most recent years. …

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Croda , et al.: Benefit of antirretroviral therapy on survival of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2009, 37: 1605-1611. 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819da8c7PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed

Title: HIV-infected patients in the ICU in the current era of high-activity antiretroviral treatment
Authors: P Vidal Cortés
V Aller Fernández
M Mourelo Fariña
P Lameiro Flores
P Vázquez Rodríguez
A Castro Iglesias
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9932

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