Mortality analysis of HIV-1 infected patients for prioritizing antiretroviral drug therapy.
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em Inglês
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| ID: sea-39499
ABSTRACT
Mortality data of patients, classified according to their clinical status and CD4+ cell count status, would be very useful to guide clinicians to prioritizing patients who need antiretroviral drug therapy. In the current study, the authors re-analyzed data derived from a previously published retrospective study of HIV-1-infected individuals at Lampang Hospital in northern Thailand. According to the Cox proportional hazard model, compared to asymptomatic patients with a high CD4+ cell count (> 200 cell/microl), the mortality rate of asymptomatic patients with a medium CD4+ cell count (100-199 cell/microl) did not significantly differ. However, the mortality rate of patients with a CD4+ cell count below 100 cell/microl was at least 16 times higher, regardless of the presence of clinical symptoms. Based on these results, the authors produced a Lampang Hospital guideline of antiretroviral drug use; priority of antiretroviral therapy should, therefore, be given to patients with CD4+ cell count < 100 cell/microl.
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Assunto principal:
Humanos
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Infecções por HIV
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Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Fatores de Risco
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HIV-1
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Contagem de Linfócito CD4
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Fármacos Anti-HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
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