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9231582

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the prevalence and intensity of symptoms and the use of drugs for symptom control among all HIV-infected patients reporting to the outpatient clinics or wards of 15 clinical centres in central Italy, recording clinical and epidemiological data on three consecutive days. A total of 1128 patients were observed and tabulated. Their most frequent symptoms were asthenia (65%), anorexia (34%), cough (32%), pain (29%), and fever (29%). Opioid analgesics were used in 3% of these patients and non-opioid analgesics in 13%. A large majority of HIV-infected patients presented with symptoms regardless of the stage of their disease. Pain was present in fewer than one third of patients but nonetheless seemed to be undertreated. Pain was more frequent and more intense among intravenous drug users. Based on our study, a greater effort to control symptoms in HIV patients seems to be warranted.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0825-8597
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Multicentre study on the prevalence of symptoms and symptomatic treatment in HIV infection. Central Italy PRESINT Group.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study