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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

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

Pneumocystis pneumonia in an HIV-negative patient

A patient with primary hyperparathyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, and inclusion-body myositis presented with fatigue, nausea, and vomiting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/free/brief-case-pneumocystis-pneumonia-in-an-hiv-negative-patient.htm
15 Jun 2022

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

HIV in the hospital

All doctors should be screening patients age 13 through 64 for HIV.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/hiv.htm
15 Jun 2013

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

HIV and AIDS

Use recommended clinical terminology on every encounter to clearly describe patients' status: either HIV infection only or HIV disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/coding-corner-hiv-and-aids.htm
15 Apr 2019

AIDS care panel issues new HIV guidelines

The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care has issued new guidelines on improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/07/4.htm
7 Mar 2012

Hospitalizations for opportunistic infections in HIV declined from 2011 to 2018

While the rate of hospitalization for an opportunistic infection per 100,000 U.S. patients with HIV went down, the associated inpatient mortality rate held stable, at 5.9%, and disparities by age, sex, race, and insurance status were found in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/hospitalizations-for-opportunistic-infections-in-hiv-declined-from-2011-to-2018.htm
7 Feb 2024

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