Predictors of low CD4 count in resource-limited settings
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested using a clinical algorithm combined with a total lymphocyte count (TLC) <1200 cells/mm(super3) as a surrogate for a CD4 count less than 200 cells/mm(super3) when it is not possible to measure the CD4 count. The various TLC levels, anemia, and body mass index are evaluated and data compared with the WHO criteria to develop a more sensitive algorithm to predict CD4 counts.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2005
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Predictors of mortality for patients with advanced disease in an HIV palliative care program
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The causes and potential predictors of death in a cohort of late-stage HIV patients in HIV palliative care program in a large urban teaching hospital are described. There is need for renewed study of predictors of mortality and prognostic markers in patients with advanced HIV disease and related comorbidities in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2005
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Bacteremia in HIV-infected patients: short-term predictors of mortality
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A history of cancer, opportunistic infections, shock, low hemoglobin levels, and resistance to therapy were risk factors for death in a study of 80 HIV patients with bacterial infections in the bloodstream. Intravenous catheters were the cause of the infection in 45% and 30% died from the infection.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 1999
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