An audit on virological efficacy of anti-retroviral therapy in a specialist infectious disease clinic.
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Department of Infectious Disease, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin 9. A.I.Reyad@hotmail.comIssue Date
2009-06MeSH
AdolescentAdult
Anti-HIV Agents
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
HIV Infections
HIV-1
Humans
Infectious Disease Medicine
Ireland
Male
Medical Audit
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Viral Load
Young Adult
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An audit on virological efficacy of anti-retroviral therapy in a specialist infectious disease clinic. 2009, 102 (6):186-8 Ir Med JJournal
Irish medical journalPubMed ID
19722358Abstract
We have assessed the efficacy of anti retroviral therapy (ART) using undetectable viral load (VL) (<50 RNA copies/ml) as a marker of virological success, in patients who have Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) attending the Department of Infectious Disease. A cross-sectional review of patients' case notes was used to obtain their demographics and treatment details. 79% (253) of the hospital case notes of clinic population was available for analysis, which represents 90% of those receiving ART in the clinic. 166/253 of the cohort were receiving treatment at the time of this study and 95% (157/166) of these were on treatment for greater than 6 months. The total virological success rate is 93%, which is comparable to other centres and are as good as those from published clinical trials. 56% of those on therapy who have virological failure were Intravenous Drug Users (IVDUs). Case by case investigation for those with treatment failure is warranted.Item Type
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