CASSOLA , Giovanni

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Methods All patients followed by our HIV outpatients service who started a first or an early switch regimen in 2014 have been enrolled. Demographic and epidemiological data were recorded. Each HIV treatment receives a score resulting from combining its relevance (according to Italian guidelines) and its related monthly cost. The most...

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Background: In the last twenty years routine T CD4+ lymphocyte (CD4) cell count has proved to be a key factor to determine the stage of HIV infection and start or discontinue of prophylaxis for opportunistic infections. However, several studies recently showed that in stable patients on cART a quarterly CD4 cell count monitoring results in...

INTRODUCTION: The introduction of combined antiretroviral treatment (cART) has reduced HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, and changed the patients' perspective of life. As a result, Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) has become a crucial clinical issue. OBJECTIVE: Assessment of HRQOL in a sample of Italian patients from IANUA...

Even in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV-infected subjects are at higher risk of complications from vaccine-preventable diseases than those uninfected. Despite the current national and international guidelines strongly recommend that these patients should been immunized, the available data indicate sub-optimal...

The number of HIV positive patients is constantly growing, and, nowadays the expense for the public healthcare sector for their treatment is thus increasing as well. For this reason, a cost effectiveness study at a regional level was necessary, to identify possible inefficiencies in relation to expenditure. Therefore, a new clinical trial,...