The Association Between HIV Infection and the Use of Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure.
Shelli L FederJanet P TateKathleen M AkgünJulie A WomackSangchoon JeonMarjorie FunkRoger J BedimoMatthew J BudoffAdeel A ButtKristina CrothersNancy S RedekerPublished in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2018)
HIV characteristics indicative of severe disease are associated with PC for hospitalized VHA patients with HF. Increasing access to PC for patients with HF and HIV is warranted.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- heart failure
- palliative care
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- end stage renal disease
- hepatitis c virus
- acute heart failure
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- men who have sex with men
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- south africa