Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Karina H Oikawa

Publications

• Research Article
  AIDS in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Epidemiology and Outcomes
  Author(s): Alessandro Kenji Yassue, Camila Artuzi Oliveira, Claudia Santos Oliveira, Luana Tossolini Goulart, Karina H Oikawa, Amaury C Jorge, Carla Sakuma Oliveira and Péricles AD DuarteAlessandro Kenji Yassue, Camila Artuzi Oliveira, Claudia Santos Oliveira, Luana Tossolini Goulart, Karina H Oikawa, Amaury C Jorge, Carla Sakuma Oliveira and Péricles AD Duarte
  
  Background: Admission rates to intensive care unit (ICU) remains high in AIDS patients, although data in lowincome countries are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology, morbidity and mortality risk factors of HIV/AIDS patients admitted to the ICU of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Methods: Retrospective cohort study with all patients aged >18 years in the ICU from 2004 to 2014 with a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS (previous or newly diagnosed). Results: 1.7% of ICU patients had HIV/AIDS; of these, 67.1% were male, with an average of 40 years. 91.8% of hospitalizations were due to clinical causes, and most patients (83.6%) had no comorbidities. Mean APACHE 25.1, 95.1% required invasive mechanical ventilation (MV), ICU stay 13.9 days, mortality 51.4%. Among AIDS patients, incidence of complications was high: 41.7% acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS),.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000691

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