Predictors of early hospital readmission in HIV-infected patients with pneumonia

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 242-247

  Palepu, Anita ^a   Sun, Huiying ^a,b   Kuyper, Laura ^a   Schechter, Martin T ^a,b,c   O'Shaughnessy, Michael V ^a,b,c,d   Anis, Aslam H ^a,b,c  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Canadian HIV Trials Network   (Canada)

^c Dept of Hlth Care and Epidemiology ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Bacterial pneumonia; Case control; HIV; Hospital readmission; PCP

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037961551     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20720.x     Document Type: Article

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