Medical ICU admission diagnoses and outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and virus-uninfected veterans in the combination antiretroviral era.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected (HIV+) patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are living longer but have increased risk for aging-associated disease which may lead to increasing critical care requirements. We compare medical ICU admission characteristics and outcomes among HIV infected and demographically similar uninfected patients (uninfected) and considered whether an index which combines routine clinical biomarkers (the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index) predicts 30-day medical ICU mortality.

Design

Observational data analyses (Veterans Aging Cohort Study).

Setting

Eight Veterans Affairs medical centers nationwide.

Patients

HIV infected and uninfected with a medical ICU admission between 2002 and 2010.

Intervention

None

SUBMITTER: Akgun KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4283206 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature