Trends in HIV-related morbidity among patients admitted to a South Indian tertia

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Trends in HIV-related morbidity among patients admitted to a South

Indian tertiary hospital between 1997 and 2003

Authors: , S.1, 2; Kumarasamy, N.2; Celentano, D.1; Yepthomi,

T.2; Arvind, V.2

Source: AIDS Care, Volume 18, Number 4, May 2006, pp. 366-370(5)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the & Francis Group

Abstract:

This paper describes trends in HIV-related morbidity among people

living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) admitted to a tertiary hospital in

Chennai, South India, between 1997 and 2003. Patients comprised HIV-

infected men, women and children who had been admitted at least once

to YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRGCARE). A

non-parametric trends analysis was conducted to observe trends in

clinical and demographic parameters and diagnoses at admission over

the seven-year period. Among clinical and demographic parameters, we

identified a significantly increasing time trend in the use of

antiretroviral therapy

Affiliations: 1: s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,

Baltimore, MD, USA 2: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education,

Chennai, India