ArticleThe American journal of hospice & palliative care2019
The Association Between HIV Infection and the Use of Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure.
Article in The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- HIV and an Ageing Population-What Are the Medical, Psychosocial, and Palliative Care Challenges in Healthcare Provisions.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Advance directive screening among veterans with incident heart failure: Comparisons among people aging with and without HIV.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe number of adults with heart failure (HF) and HIV infection is increasing. These patients may benefit from palliative care (PC).
objectivesDetermine the association between HIV infection, other HIV characteristics, and PC among hospitalized patients with HF in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
designNested case-control study of patients with HF hospitalized from 2003 to 2015 and enrolled in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. SETTING/PATIENTS: Two hundred and ten hospitalized patients with HF who received PC matched to 1042 patients with HF who did not receive PC, by age, discharge date, and left ventricular ejection fraction. MEASUREMENTS: Palliative care use was the primary outcome. Independent variables included HIV infection identified by
resultsThe sample was 99% male, mean age was 64 years (standard deviation ±10), 54% of cases and 59% of controls were black, and 30% of cases and 31% of controls were HIV-infected. In adjusted models, HIV as the primary diagnosis for hospitalization (odds ratio [OR]: 3.69, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.30-10.52), unsuppressed HIV-1 RNA (OR: 2.62, 95% CI: 1.31-5.24), and CD4 counts <200 cells/mm
conclusionsHIV characteristics indicative of severe disease are associated with PC for hospitalized VHA patients with HF. Increasing access to PC for patients with HF and HIV is warranted.
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