Frailty: a new vulnerability indicator in people aging with HIV.
Thomas D BrothersKenneth RockwoodPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2018)
As a group, people with HIV are aging and increasingly face multiple interacting age-related medical and social problems. It requires remarkable resilience to age successfully with HIV. The clinical care of people aging with HIV could benefit from a focus on frailty and related social vulnerability to better understand patients' needs and develop appropriate goals and care plans.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- mental health
- climate change
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- south africa
- quality improvement
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- pain management