The Albion Street Centre database, Sydney, Australia
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The Albion Street Center in Sydney, Australia has collected data on over 22,000 people screened for HIV, and 3,600 patients with HIV infection/AIDS since 1985. The Centre uses the data to identify patients for clinical trials, manage patient care, study the development and progression of HIV, and monitor responses to drug therapy. More than 100 articles in medical journals have been based on Centre data. The database also identifies patient who may require special intervention, such as consultation with a dietician when their weight begins to fall.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1998
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The HIV Epidemiology Research Study, HIV Out-Patient Study, and the Spectrum of Disease Studies
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) maintains large observational databases on the development, progression, and treatment of HIV infection. The HIV Epidemiology Research Study (HERS) tracks the health status of 1,310 women infected with or at high risk for HIV. The HIV Out-Patient Study (HOPS) collects data from the medical records of 2,000 HIV patients. Other databases collect statistics on HIV infection in children and adults.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1998
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Session B: the role of patient databases in assessing antiretroviral treatment
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Large, automated, multipurpose population-based databases (LAMPS) provide valuable information about antiretroviral drug therapy, combination drug regimens, laboratory markers of disease progression, and patient compliance with therapy in the care of HIV infection and AIDS. LAMPS can identify the most effective combinations of AIDS medications and dosing regimens by combining treatment and outcome data from many patients.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1998
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