Excerpts from "Analysis of All HIV-Related Deaths in Barbados, 1997-2005"
By Alok Kumar, MD, Krishna R. Kilaru, MD, Sheila Forde, RN, and Timothy C. Roach, MRCPC

"Of the 135 (26.3%) persons who were known to be HIV infected prior to their terminal hospitalization, four fifths were on follow-up at the Ladymeade Reference Unit or Respiratory Unit, and 65 (64.4%) were on HAART prior to their death.

"Of the 101 persons who were known to be HIV infected prior to the terminal hospitalization and were on follow-up at Ladymeade Reference Unit or at Respiratory Unit, 36 (36%) were on HAART for a duration greater than 6 weeks, and an additional 29 (29%) were on HAART for a period less than 6 weeks at the time of their death.

"Nearly one third of HIV-infected persons who died during 2003-2005 was newly diagnosed (diagnosed during the terminal hospitalization), as shown in Figure 2, and nearly half of those patients who were receiving HAART and who died commenced therapy within the month prior to their death."

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