December 2000 Cover
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A report in a recent issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome shows that HIV-infected individuals often die from liver failure.
Researchers studied nearly 1,900 HIV-infected patients for eight years, during which time there were 467 deaths. Among the 308 in-hospital deaths, AIDS was a key factor in 89 percent of the deaths, while liver failure was the primary cause of
death for 5 percent of the patients and a concurrent cause of death in an additional 6 percent. Scientists who also found that 80 percent of the patients who died in the hospital tested positive for antibodies to hepatitis C said that key strategies to prevent liver failure
among HIV-infected individuals include working to prevent hepatitis B, treating existing hepatitis B infections, and reducing alcohol use.
Editor's Note: from Reuters Health Info Services
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