[The use of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. Their effects on AIDS-correlated outpatient and hospitalization activities. A catchment area study]

F Resta; G Buccoliero; R Moscogiuri; A Chimienti; L Cristiano; G Lonero; P Angelini

[The use of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. Their effects on AIDS-correlated outpatient and hospitalization activities. A catchment area study]

Recenti Prog Med. 1998 Dec;89(12):623-4.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

F Resta¹, G Buccoliero, R Moscogiuri, A Chimienti, L Cristiano, G Lonero, P Angelini

Affiliation

¹ Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Annunziata, Taranto.

PMID: 9951307

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effects of the use of protease inhibitors (IP) on the out-patient department's activities and hospitalizations of HIV-1 infected subjects.

Methods: From the December 1996 IP was available in our hospital, so the years 1996 and 1997 were studied.

Results: In the year 1997, 336 patients were visited with an increase of the 41% compared with the year 1996. In the 1997 the 45.2% of hospitalizations were related to AIDS, while in the year 1996 the 65.4% of them were related to AIDS.

Conclusions: The use of IP had increased the activities of the out-patient department and certainly had a role in reducing the hospitalizations related to AIDS.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / prevention & control*
Ambulatory Care* / statistics & numerical data
Catchment Area, Health* / statistics & numerical data
Chi-Square Distribution
HIV Infections / drug therapy*
HIV Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
HIV-1*
Hospitalization* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Italy

Substances

HIV Protease Inhibitors