{"id":4269,"date":"2001-04-17T20:45:37","date_gmt":"2001-04-17T20:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moomango.co.uk\/htb\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2014-06-12T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T14:09:04","slug":"aids-related-abdominal-disease-does-not-increase-surgery-risk-in-aids-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/4269","title":{"rendered":"AIDS-related abdominal disease does not increase surgery risk in AIDS patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Although AIDS-related pathologies are often found at laparotomy in HIV-infected patients, these diseases do not increase the risk of surgical complications or postoperative death, according to a report published in the February issue of the British Journal of Surgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. A. J. Chambers and Dr. R. S. A. Lord, from St. Vincent&#8217;s Hospital, in New South Wales, Australia, assessed the incidence of AIDS-related pathologies at surgery in 30 patients with AIDS who underwent laparotomy.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen patients had AIDS-related diseases, 13 had non-AIDS-related diseases, and in 3 patients no abnormality was detected, the authors report. The 30-day mortality rate was 17%, and complications occurred in 21 patients.<\/p>\n<p>Patients with AIDS-related pathologies had a lower mean serum albumin concentration, CD4+ cell count, and body weight, and were hospitalised longer than patients with non-AIDS-related diseases. However, both groups experienced a similar number of complications and deaths. &#8220;Surgeons who have to manage abdominal conditions in patients with AIDS, both acute and elective, should be aware of the relative frequency of AIDS-related malignancy and infection found at surgery in these patients,&#8221; the researchers note.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chambers and Dr. Lord believe that &#8220;given the relatively high rates of morbidity and mortality associated with laparotomy in these patients, surgeons should consider conservative and medical management wherever possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p>Br J Surg 2001;88:294-297.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Reuters Health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although AIDS-related pathologies are often found at laparotomy in HIV-infected patients, these diseases do not increase the risk of surgical complications or postoperative death, according to a report published in the February issue of the British Journal of Surgery. Dr. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}