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Antiretroviral therapy has increased the life expectancy of patients who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and has reduced the incidence of illnesses associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, the frequency of pulmonary, cardiac, gastrointestinal, and renal diseases that are often not directly related to underlying HIV disease has increased.^1,2,3,4 Although the guiding principles of management in the intensive care unit (ICU) pertain to critically ill patients with HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy and unresolved questions regarding its use in the ICU add an additional level of complexity to already complicated cases. This review focuses on some . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Complications Associated with HIV Infection

Pulmonary Disease

Cardiac Disease

Liver Disease

Renal Disease

HIV Testing and Disclosure in the ICU

Antiretroviral Therapy in the ICU

Drug Delivery, Absorption, and Doses

Drug Interactions and Toxicity

Treatment Strategies

Conclusions

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From the HIV/AIDS Division (L.H., D.V.H.) and the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (L.H.), San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco; the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami (A.Q.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask., Canada (D.J.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Huang at the HIV/AIDS Division, Ward 84, San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA 94110, or at lhuang@php.ucsf.edu.

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Intensive Care of Patients with HIV Infection
Saccente M., Eledrisi M. S., Verghese A. C., Huang L., Havlir D. V.
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N Engl J Med 2006; 355:1619-1620, Oct 12, 2006. Correspondence

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