Liver complications have reached a plateau as cause of hospital admission and death in HIV patients in Madrid.
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.
Núñez-Fernández
Carla
C
Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Carlos III , Madrid, Spain.
Martín-Carbonero
Luz
L
Valencia
Maria Eulalia
ME
Aguilera
Juan
J
García-Samaniego
Javier
J
Gonzalez-Lahoz
Juan
J
Soriano
Vicente
V