Live birth patterns among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women before and after the availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 541.e1-541.e6

  Sharma, Anjali ^a   Feldman, Joseph G ^a   Golub, Elizabeth T ^b   Schmidt, Julie ^c   Silver, Sylvia ^d   Robison, Esther ^e   Minkoff, Howard ^f  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

birth rate; highly active antiretroviral therapy; human immunodeficiency virus; reproductive decision making; women

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34249734263     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2002. Available at: http://www.unaids.org/en/other/functionalities/ViewDocument.asp?href=http://gva-doc-owl/WEBcontent/Documents/pub/Publications/IRC-pub06/JC943-EpiUpdate2003_en.pdf
2. Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses-33 states, 2001-2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 54 (2005) 1149-1153
3. Palella Jr. F.J., Delaney K.M., Moorman A.C., et al., HIV Outpatient Study Investigators. Declining morbidity and mortality among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med 338 (1998) 853-860
4. Cooper E.R., Charurat M., Mofenson L., et al., Women and Infants' Transmission Study Group. Combination antiretroviral strategies for the treatment of pregnant HIV-1-infected women and prevention of perinatal HIV-1 transmission. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29 (2002) 484-494
5. Dorenbaum A., Cunningham C.K., Gelber R.D., et al., International PACTG 316 Team. Two-dose intrapartum/newborn nevirapine and standard antiretroviral therapy to reduce perinatal HIV transmission: a randomized trial. JAMA 288 (2002) 189-198
6. Watts D.H. Management of human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnancy. N Engl J Med 346 (2002) 1879-1891
7. Chu S.Y., Hanson D.L., and Jones J.L. Pregnancy rates among women infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Obstet Gynecol 87 (1996) 195-198
8. Selwyn P.A., Carter R., Schoenbaum E.E., Robertson V.J., Klein R.S., and Rogers M.F. Knowledge of HIV antibody status and decisions to continue or terminate pregnancy among intravenous drug users. JAMA 261 (1989) 3567-3571
9. Sunderland A., Minkoff H.L., Handte J., Moroso G., and Landesman S. The impact of human immunodeficiency virus serostatus on the reproductive decisions of women. Obstet Gynecol 79 (1992) 1027-1031
10. Barkan S.E., Melnick S.L., Preston-Martin S., et al. The Women's Interagency Health Study. Epidemiology 9 (1998) 117-125
11. Radloff L.S. The CES-D scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psychol Measure 1 (1977) 385-401
12. Stokes M.E., Davis C.S., and Koch G. Categorical data analysis using the SAS measure (1995), SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC
13. Bedimo A.L., Bessinger R., and Kissinger P. Reproductive choices among HIV-positive women. Soc Sci Med 46 (1998) 171-179
14. Johnstone F.D., Brettle R.P., MacCallum L.R., Mok J., Peutherer J.F., and Burns S. Women's knowledge of their HIV antibody state: Its effects on their decision whether to continue the pregnancy. BMJ 300 (1990) 23-26
15. Kline A., Strickler J., and Kempf J. Factors associated with pregnancy and pregnancy resolution in HIV seropositive women. Soc Sci Med 40 (1995) 1539-1547
16. Smits A.K., Goergen C.A., Delaney J.A., Williamson C., Mundy L.M., and Fraser V.J. Contraceptive use and pregnancy decision making among women with HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDs 13 (1999) 739-746
17. Bongain A., Berrebi A., Marine-Barjoan E., et al. Changing trends in pregnancy outcome among HIV-infected women between 1985 and 1997 in two southern French university hospitals. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 104 (2002) 124-128
18. Blair J.M., Hanson D.L., Jones J.L., Dworkin M.S., and Adult/Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Project Group. Trends in pregnancy rates among women with human immunodeficiency virus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 103 (2004) 663-668
19. Agangi A., Thorne C., Newell M.L., and European Collaborative Study. Increasing likelihood of further live births in HIV-infected women in recent years. BJOG 112 (2005) 881-888