2013
Medical ICU Admission Diagnoses and Outcomes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected and Virus–Uninfected Veterans in the Combination Antiretroviral Era*
Akgün KM, Tate JP, Pisani M, Fried T, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Huang L, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Rimland D, Justice AC, Crothers K. Medical ICU Admission Diagnoses and Outcomes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected and Virus–Uninfected Veterans in the Combination Antiretroviral Era*. Critical Care Medicine 2013, 41: 1458-1467. PMID: 23507717, PMCID: PMC4283206, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31827caa46.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical ICU admissionVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) IndexICU admissionAntiretroviral therapyRespiratory diagnosesMechanical ventilationVeterans Aging Cohort Study Index scoresUndetectable HIV-1 RNALogistic regressionStudy indicesVeterans Affairs Medical CenterCombination antiretroviral eraCritical care requirementsICU admission diagnosisMedical ICU careCombination antiretroviral therapyInfection/sepsisHIV-1 RNAHuman immunodeficiency virusMultivariable logistic regressionRoutine clinical biomarkersHigh mortality rateRevenue center codesAdmission diagnosisICU mortality
2011
Critical Illness in HIV-Infected Patients in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy
Akgün KM, Huang L, Morris A, Justice AC, Pisani M, Crothers K. Critical Illness in HIV-Infected Patients in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2011, 8: 301-307. PMID: 21653532, PMCID: PMC3132789, DOI: 10.1513/pats.201009-060wr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyICU admissionCritical illnessAdministration of ARTImpact of ARTProportion of deathsHIV eraOpportunistic infectionsHIVAIDS epidemicMore recent studiesIllnessPatientsAdmissionTherapyRecent studiesICUEtiologyInfectionMortalityIncidenceDiseaseAdministration