| predictors of early hospital readmission in hiv-infected patients with pneumonia. | although hospitalization patterns have been studied, little is known about hospital readmission among hiv-infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. we explored the risk factors for early readmission to a tertiary care inner-city hospital among hiv-infected patients with pneumonia in vancouver, canada. | 2003 | 12709090 |
| the incidence and spectrum of aids-defining illnesses in persons treated with antiretroviral drugs. | the incidence and spectrum of primary aids-defining illnesses in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients receiving antiretroviral drugs may have changed since the introduction of newer antiretroviral agents. we performed a retrospective analysis of patients enrolled in the british columbia drug treatment program who were ever prescribed antiretroviral drugs between 1 january 1994 and 31 december 1996. rates were calculated on a 6-month basis. there were 344 aids cases diagnosed among 2,53 ... | 1998 | 9868646 |
| decreasing frequency but worsening mortality of acute respiratory failure secondary to aids-related pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. | to describe changes in incidence and outcome of acute respiratory failure (arf) due to aids-related pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp) at a tertiary care center over the 4-year period starting april 1, 1987 with reference to previously reported data from the preceding 6 years. | 1994 | 7956401 |
| higher socioeconomic status is associated with slower progression of hiv infection independent of access to health care. | in order to identify socioeconomic characteristics associated with slower progression of hiv infection, we conducted a nested case-control study within a cohort of 729 homosexual men. the study compared non-progressors (defined as subjects who, at a follow-up visit during the period october 1989-december 1990, had been hiv positive for at least 5 years, had a cd4 count > 0.5 x 10(9)/l, had a karnofsky score of 100%, were at centers for disease control (cdc) stage iii or less, and had never recei ... | 1994 | 7904296 |
| improved survival among hiv-infected patients after initiation of triple-drug antiretroviral regimens. | the efficacy of triple-drug antiretroviral regimens in the treatment of patients infected with hiv has been established in several randomized clinical trials. however, the effectiveness of these new regimens in patient populations outside clinical trials remain unproven. this study compared mortality and aids-free survival among hiv-infected patients in british columbia who were treated with double- and triple-drug regimens. | 1999 | 10102000 |
| multisystem organ failure predicts mortality of icu patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to aids-related pcp. | to evaluate the ability of a variety of scoring systems to predict mortality of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (icu) with acute respiratory failure (arf) secondary to aids-related pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp). | 1992 | 1446496 |
| validation of the modified multisystem organ failure score as a predictor of mortality in patients with aids-related pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure. | to validate a previously developed multisystem organ failure (msof) score with and without the addition of the lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) level as a predictor of survival to hospital discharge in patients with aids-related pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp) and acute respiratory failure (arf). | 1998 | 9674470 |
| lower socioeconomic status and shorter survival following hiv infection. | we studied the association between socioeconomic status and survival in a prospective study of 364 hiv-infected homosexual men who were recruited during 1982-84. the participants were divided by annual income; those earning above canadian $10,000 (high-income; n = 274) and those below $10,000 (low-income; n = 90) at recruitment. the latter threshold closely approximated to the poverty level for this population. low income men were significantly younger than high income men but the groups were si ... | 1994 | 7934494 |