Causes of death among people living with HIV/AIDS attending tertiary care hospital, Mandya, Karnataka, India
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) mortality has decreased substantially among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected with access to HAART. To understand the recent temporal trends in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) mortality in the era of HAART, trends in causes of death among persons with AIDS, this study was taken up at MIMS hospital, Mandya, Karnataka, India. Among 200 patients from the ART center, we found that pulmonary tuberculosis was the commonest cause of death, 86 patients (43%), EPTB was present in 43 patients (21.5%), hepatitis in 16 patients (8%), suicide in 12 patients (6%), Bacterial pneumonia in 11 patients (5.5%), Bacterial infection in 8 patients (4%), Liver disease in 7 patients (3.5%), Accident in 5 patients (2.5%), Alcohol related in 5 patients (2.5%), Diarrhea in 4 patients (2%), Cardiovascular disease in 3 patients (1.5%). With increasing AIDS survival, still opportunistic infections top the list , non HIV related causes of death like suicide, accidents, alcohol related and cardiovascular disease constitute a smaller number of deaths
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Dr Rekha. M. C
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