Intensive Care Usage by HIV-Positive Patients in the HAART Era
In the 1980s the outlook for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and critical illness was poor. Since then several studies of outcome of HIV+ patients on ICU have shown improving prognosis, with anti-retroviral therapy playing a large part. We retrospectively examined intensi...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
|
Series: | Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/847835 |