Trends in Epidemiology of COPD in HIV-Infected Patients in Spain (1997-2012).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to estimate trends of incidence of hospital admissions and in-hospital mortality (IHM) in HIV-infected patients with COPD in the combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era in Spain (1997-2012).

Methods

A retrospective study with data from nationwide population-based COPD diagnoses in the Spanish Minimum Basic Data Set (MBDS) was performed. We established groups according to their HIV and HCV infections: 1) HIV-uninfected patients; 2) HIV-infected patients (with or without HCV coinfection).

Results

1,580,207 patients discharge with a COPD diagnosis were included in the study, 8902 of them were HIV-infected patients (5000 HIV-monoinfected patients and 3902 HIV/HCV-coinfected patients). The HIV-infected patients had higher incidence r

SUBMITTER: de Miguel-Diez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5112896 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature