(Reuters Medical News) According to the Danish researchers reported that When using hormone treatment means Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related cards Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) for treatment , the age of patients, anti -PCP initial treatment. PCP prevention, treatment and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of cytomegalovirus (CMV) can be used for short-term factors such as the death of a state rate forecast.

Thomas L. University of Copenhagen. Benfield and her colleagues 1990"199 9 years 176 cases of AIDS patients with PCP death of the short-term forecast for the selection factors.

Univariate analysis showed that the early history of PCP, age, the use of the antibiotic cotrimoxazole treatment outside, Also, the diagnosis of PCP preventive treatment Training in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with the diagnosis of CMV can be predicted, such as the mortality rate in March. Multivariate analysis showed that only four factors can be used as an independent predictor of poor prognosis.

Furthermore, no matter how CD4 count, prevention and treatment failure can be predicted as the mortality indicators This also suggests the existence of other mechanisms.

Benfield noted that the serum lactate dehydrogenase and PO2 unable to predict the average mortality, Although not able to predict prognosis, but the degree of respiratory failure can be estimated as whether to accept hormone therapy targets.

Dr. Benfield, improve survival in patients with severe PCP one of the measures is to study the effectiveness of anti-CMV treatment.

This article was posted on 2007-02-27