Wounds in patients with HIV

Adv Skin Wound Care. 2014 Sep;27(9):396-9. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000453268.62015.3c.

Abstract

Highly active antiretroviral therapy has dramatically reduced morbidity and mortality among patients who are HIV-positive. A retrospective review of the authors' data separated subjects into cohorts based on HIV status and matched them for age and gender. The authors' data reveal a higher fraction of venous ulcers compared with a lower fraction of pressure ulcers in the seropositive population.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Female
  • HIV Seropositivity / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Pressure Ulcer / epidemiology*
  • Quality of Life
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Varicose Ulcer / epidemiology*
  • Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*