Excess Mortality in Patients with AIDS in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Temporal Changes and Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Milo A. Puhan,
Mark L. Van Natta,
Frank J. Palella,
Adrienne Addessi,
Curtis L. Meinert
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/656415
Subject(s) - medicine , excess mortality , absolute risk reduction , confidence interval , population , cytomegalovirus retinitis , mortality rate , relative risk , demography , retinitis , immunology , human cytomegalovirus , virus , environmental health , sociology
Excess mortality has decreased among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients but without evidence of a decrease among patients with AIDS. We assessed temporal changes in excess mortality and elucidated risk factors for excess mortality in patients with AIDS diagnosed in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
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