The Journal of the Korean life insurance medical association (보험의학회지)
- Volume 29 Issue 1
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- Pages.4-6
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- 2010
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- 1976-264X(pISSN)
Life-expectancy and causes of mortality among HIV-infected patients
HIV 감염인의 기대여명과 사망요인
- Song, Joon-Young (Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine)
- 송준영 (고려대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
- Received : 2010.02.01
- Accepted : 2010.02.16
- Published : 2010.03.31
Abstract
The life expectancy of HIV-infected subjects has improved dramatically since the introduction of highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Considering that patients with HIV infection are living longer, treatment plans should include those for the accompanying co-morbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, malignancy, etc. This review discusses the impact of HAART on the epidemiology of survival and co-morbidities (malignancy and cardiovascular diseases) among HIV-infected subjects.