title: Liver complications have reached a plateau as cause of hospital admission and death in HIV patients in Madrid.
abstract: Hospital admissions and deaths due to liver-related complications as result of chronic viral hepatitis are globally on the rise in HIV patients. However, a steady decline in liver-related hospitalizations and deaths has occurred at our HIV clinic in Madrid since year 2003. Hepatic complications are currently still responsible for 8.7% of all hospital admissions and one-third of in-hospital deaths, with hepatitis C virus infection by far the leading etiologic agent.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Carlos III , Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Núñez-Fernández
authors.forename: Luz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martín-Carbonero
authors.forename: Maria Eulalia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aguilera
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Samaniego
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Lahoz
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soriano