Pulmonary symptoms and diagnoses are associated with HIV in the MACS and WIHS cohorts

Conclusions:
In these two cohorts, HIV is an independent risk factor for several respiratory symptoms and pulmonary diseases including COPD and sleep apnea. Despite a higher prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms, testing for non-infectious respiratory diseases may be underutilized in the HIV-infected population.

Source: BMC Pulmonary Medicine - Latest articles - April 30, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Matthew GingoGoundappa BalasubramaniThomas RiceLawrence KingsleyEric KleerupRoger DetelsEric SeabergRuth GreenblattSusan HolmanLaurence HuangSarah SuttonMarnie BertoletAlison Morris Source Type: research