HIV medicine
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To analyse the characteristics of HIV-infected patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and to compare them in the pre-highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and HAART eras. ⋯ Our results suggest that the characteristics of HIV-infected patients admitted to ICU have not changed: respiratory diseases are still the most frequent cause of admission, in-hospital mortality is high, and later survival rates are good.