Study on clinical and laboratory symptoms in AIDS patients before death
- Author:
Tran Viet Tien
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
AIDS
- MeSH:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome;
Diagnosis;
Death
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;503(2):18-20
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A cross-sectional survey was carried out on 29 patients with AIDS before death at Dong Da hospital. Two common opportunity infections were tuberculosis (44.8%), Candida infections (10.4%). There was a rather high rate of patient died in condition of fever, diarrhea, weight loss (24.1%) or unknown reason pneumonia (10.4%). Tests indicated several hematological, biochemical and immune disorders: hematocrite level reduced in 100% patients, SGOT increased in 44% patients, SGPT increase in 32% patients, the number of TCD4 reduce under 200 TB/mm3 in 96.6% patients
