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AIDS Patient Care STDS
; 15(5): 271-5, 2001 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11530768
ABSTRACT
The death rate in adults with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) at the Institute of Infectious Diseases "Emilio Ribas" in São Paulo City has decreased significantly from 29% in 1995 to 19.8% in 1999, and hospitalization time has been reduced by 4 days in the period from 1998 to 1999. Lack of antiretroviral treatment (ART) before hospitalization was associated with death during hospitalization (odds ratio [OR] = 3.8), and survival was associated with previous use of three or more antiretrovirals (OR = 0.15). Therefore, we recommend an aggressive campaign for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody screening among the at-risk populations in Brazil to assure that ART is provided when necessary.