title: An audit of antiretroviral medication offered to patients with HIV attending a district general hospital for outpatient care.
abstract: In order to determine if antiretroviral prescribing for patients with HIV infection attending the Central Middlesex Hospital is according to current UK guidelines and effective at reducing the serum HIV viral load, 71 case notes were reviewed. All patients eligible for treatment according to the British HIV Association (BHIVA) guidelines were currently being offered triple therapy. The most recent serum HIV viral loads of patients taking at least 3 antiretrovirals were undetectable in 75% of the 20 patients on their first established regimen and 36% of 14 patients who had failed at least one drug according to previous surrogate marker results. Such work allows an individual clinic to monitor its antiretroviral prescribing practices in the face of constantly updated information and guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ivens
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brook
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008485:Medical Audit; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents