TY - JOUR
T1 - Care of the aging HIV patient
AU - Blaylock, Jason M.
AU - Wortmann, Glenn W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2012, with permission from Elsevier.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a controllable chronic disease, and many infected patients are now living into their 60s and beyond. In addition, many patients with newly diagnosed HIV infection are over age 50. The subsequent rising prevalence of HIV infection in older adults presents several challenges for primary care clinicians. This article promotes increased HIV screening in older adults and highlights the need to recognize polypharmacy and the various comorbidities inherent in the aging HIV population.
AB - Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a controllable chronic disease, and many infected patients are now living into their 60s and beyond. In addition, many patients with newly diagnosed HIV infection are over age 50. The subsequent rising prevalence of HIV infection in older adults presents several challenges for primary care clinicians. This article promotes increased HIV screening in older adults and highlights the need to recognize polypharmacy and the various comorbidities inherent in the aging HIV population.
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U2 - 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14094
DO - 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14094
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26185944
AN - SCOPUS:84938091273
SN - 0891-1150
VL - 82
SP - 445
EP - 455
JO - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
IS - 7
ER -