Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in Santos
OBJECTIVE: To review the neurologic manifestations of AIDS in patients who were admitted to Hospital Guilherme Álvaro (HGA) due to any clinical manifestation of the disease. DESIGN: Case series. PATIENTS: All HIV+ patients admitted to the Faculty Hospital (HGA) between July 96 and April 97 were incl...
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| author | Yára Dadalti Fragoso Vanessa Mendes Ana Paula Margonari Adamo Bosco Luciana Paschoareli Carlos Augusto Fernandes Tavares |
| author_facet | Yára Dadalti Fragoso Vanessa Mendes Ana Paula Margonari Adamo Bosco Luciana Paschoareli Carlos Augusto Fernandes Tavares |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To review the neurologic manifestations of AIDS in patients who were admitted to Hospital Guilherme Álvaro (HGA) due to any clinical manifestation of the disease. DESIGN: Case series. PATIENTS: All HIV+ patients admitted to the Faculty Hospital (HGA) between July 96 and April 97 were included in this review. RESULTS: From the 117 HIV+ patients admitted to hospitalization due to AIDS-related symptoms, 50 (42.7%) presented neurologic manifestations. The most prevalent of these was neurotoxoplamosis (68%), but a variety of other neurologic diseases were observed. Only 36% of these 50 patients had neurological signs and symptoms as the main complaint for admission, 12% of the patients had at least complained of some neurologic dysfunction at the time of admission and 10% had no neurologic complaints at all. The remaining 42% (21 patients) only complained of neurologic manifestations of AIDS when specifically asked. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of neurologic manifestations of AIDS is very high in patients admitted to hospital. Even in the absence of neurologic-related complaints, these patients have to be carefully questioned and examined in the search for an underlying neurologic complication which may present high morbidity and mortality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c12824a838454293a9e224b8def5a6052022-12-22T01:17:28ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-946011631715172010.1590/S1516-31801998000300005S1516-31801998000300005Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in SantosYára Dadalti Fragoso0Vanessa Mendes1Ana Paula Margonari Adamo2Bosco Luciana Paschoareli3Carlos Augusto Fernandes Tavares4Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de SantosFaculdade de Ciências Médicas de SantosFaculdade de Ciências Médicas de SantosFaculdade de Ciências Médicas de SantosFaculdade de Ciências Médicas de SantosOBJECTIVE: To review the neurologic manifestations of AIDS in patients who were admitted to Hospital Guilherme Álvaro (HGA) due to any clinical manifestation of the disease. DESIGN: Case series. PATIENTS: All HIV+ patients admitted to the Faculty Hospital (HGA) between July 96 and April 97 were included in this review. RESULTS: From the 117 HIV+ patients admitted to hospitalization due to AIDS-related symptoms, 50 (42.7%) presented neurologic manifestations. The most prevalent of these was neurotoxoplamosis (68%), but a variety of other neurologic diseases were observed. Only 36% of these 50 patients had neurological signs and symptoms as the main complaint for admission, 12% of the patients had at least complained of some neurologic dysfunction at the time of admission and 10% had no neurologic complaints at all. The remaining 42% (21 patients) only complained of neurologic manifestations of AIDS when specifically asked. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of neurologic manifestations of AIDS is very high in patients admitted to hospital. Even in the absence of neurologic-related complaints, these patients have to be carefully questioned and examined in the search for an underlying neurologic complication which may present high morbidity and mortality.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801998000300005&lng=en&tlng=enAIDSHIVNeurotoxoplasmosis |
| spellingShingle | Yára Dadalti Fragoso Vanessa Mendes Ana Paula Margonari Adamo Bosco Luciana Paschoareli Carlos Augusto Fernandes Tavares Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in Santos São Paulo Medical Journal AIDS HIV Neurotoxoplasmosis |
| title | Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in Santos |
| title_full | Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in Santos |
| title_fullStr | Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in Santos |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in Santos |
| title_short | Neurologic manifestations of AIDS: a review of fifty cases in Santos |
| title_sort | neurologic manifestations of aids a review of fifty cases in santos |
| topic | AIDS HIV Neurotoxoplasmosis |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801998000300005&lng=en&tlng=en |
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