Not Signed In - HIV Patients Have Increased Risk Of Pneumonia, Death Following Surgery
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:00 AM EST
... HIV-infected patients undergoing surgical procedures may be more likely to develop pneumonia after surgery and to die within 12 months than those without HIV, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, HIV patients with a preoperative viral load (number of copies of the virus in the blood) greater than 30,000 per milliliter appear to have increased risk of surgical complications. ...
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