Age in People Living with Hiv in High-income Countries

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  • Dominique Costagliola
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Further researches are needed to reconcile the absence of increased mortality risk in HIV-infected individuals with controlled viral load and restored immunity with the observed higher risk of comorbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases and non-AIDS-defining cancers, and the accelerated aging hypothesis, in particular, to help stratify HIV individuals who are at risk; to define the optimal management of multimorbidity and polypharmacy, even in the absence of a higher comorbidity risk; and to better account for increased life expectancy and multimorbidity burden to plan the future needs in care for HIV-infected individuals.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014