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Patients with HIV have similar inpatient mortality from CAP as those without HIV
Patients diagnosed with AIDS who were hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) had threefold the inpatient mortality of those with HIV and CAP but not AIDS, a retrospective Canadian study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/07/patients-with-hiv-have-similar-inpatient-mortality-from-cap-as-those-without-hiv.htm
7 Aug 2024
Inpatient initiation of HIV therapy linked patients with substance use disorder to outpatient care
While hospital initiation of antiretroviral therapy was associated with increased frequency of HIV outpatient care visits in one trial of participants with HIV and substance use disorder, only 15% started antiretroviral therapy in the hospital, and viral suppression was not improved.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/01/4.htm
1 Jul 2020
April 2019
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/
HIV-related admissions declined from 1996 to 2016, but readmission rates were stable
An analysis of patients treated for HIV in North Carolina found that patients who were older or black had higher risk of hospitalization, as did those with more HIV RNA or lower CD4 counts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/5.htm
30 Oct 2019
August 7, 2024
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/07/
Patients more likely to accept ‘opt-out’ HIV screening in ED than other testing offers, study finds
The results of this study support the idea that how clinicians ask patients about HIV screening may be as important as the test itself, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/4.htm
27 Jan 2016
April 2015
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/
June 2013
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/
Task Force issues HIV screening recommendations
All adolescents and adults age 15 to 65 should be screened for HIV infection, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said today.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/01/5.htm
1 May 2013
February 7, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/