Zidovudine and the Natural History of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

摘要: Abstract Background and Methods. We sought to describe the trends in survival from 1983 1989 among persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) examine relative effects on natural history of AIDS zidovudine use demographic clinical characteristics. This longitudinal, observational, population-based study used data Maryland Human Immunodeficiency Virus Information System, a base that links information Registry public private health care claims, vital statistics, hospital, long-term care, ambulatory records. Results. The median after diagnosis (n = 1028) was 140 days longer for those given their diagnoses between 1987 than 1985 (450 vs. 310 days). Among 714 whom diagnosed April (when became available), two-year greater men women (P<0.03), am...