Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Older Adults

Matthew L Russell; Amy Justice

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2023.12.004

Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Older Adults

Clin Geriatr Med. 2024 May;40(2):285-298. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2023.12.004. Epub 2024 Jan 20.

Authors

Matthew L Russell¹, Amy Justice²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 2C, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: mlrussell@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Department of General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.

PMID: 38521599
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2023.12.004

Abstract

As people with HIV live longer, they can experience increased incidence and earlier onset of chronic conditions and geriatric syndromes. Older people are also at substantially increased risk of delayed diagnosis and treatment for HIV. Increasing provider awareness of this is pivotal in ensuring adequate consideration of HIV testing and earlier screening for chronic conditions. In addition, evaluating patients for common geriatric syndromes such as polypharmacy, frailty, falls, and cognitive impairment should be contextualized based on how they present.

Keywords: Aging; Geriatric syndromes; HIV; LGBTQIA.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Chronic Disease
Cognitive Dysfunction* / diagnosis
Cognitive Dysfunction* / etiology
Cognitive Dysfunction* / therapy
Frailty* / diagnosis
Frailty* / epidemiology
Geriatric Assessment
HIV
HIV Infections* / diagnosis
HIV Infections* / epidemiology
Humans
Syndrome