Palliative Care in the Management of Advanced HIV/AIDS

James A. Fausto; Peter A. Selwyn

doi:10.1016/j.pop.2011.03.010

Palliative Care in the Management of Advanced HIV/AIDS

James A. Fausto, Peter A. Selwyn

Family and Social Medicine

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Abstract

The basic elements of palliative care can be translated into practice for patients with HIV/AIDS. More than half of clinical events and deaths occurring among patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy are classified as non-AIDS illnesses. Thus, end-of-life care for patients with late-stage AIDS needs to include any palliative measures that are used for patients without AIDS. This article reviews the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, prognostic indicators, opportunistic infections, specific AIDS-defining and non-AIDS-defining malignancies, substance abuse/liver disease, and highly active antiretroviral therapy and comfort measures for late-stage AIDS patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	311-326
Number of pages	16
Journal	Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice
Volume	38
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pop.2011.03.010
State	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

AIDS
AIDS-defining illnesses
End of Life
Prognosis

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Pharmacology (medical)

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