Lucas Pitrez Mocellin1, Gerson Barreto Winkler2, Isete Maria Stella3, Patrícia Conzatti Vieira3, Caroline Beck4, Paulo Renato Petersen Behar5, Ricardo de Souza Kuchenbecker4. 1. Universidade Federal do Pampa, Curso de Medicina, Uruguaiana, RS, Brasil. 2. Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Porto Alegre, Programa de DST e HIV/aids, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. 3. Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Porto Alegre, Diretoria Geral de Vigilância em Saúde, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. 4. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. 5. Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Curso de Medicina, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to characterize AIDS deaths eligible for Porto Alegre AIDS Mortality Committee (AIDSMC) investigation, Brazil, in 2015, and their therapeutic itineraries. METHODS: this was a descriptive study using secondary data from surveillance information systems and AIDSMC investigation forms. RESULTS: out of 336 deaths from AIDS-related causes, 113 (33.6%) were considered avoidable, of which 52 were analyzed by AIDSMC; there was predominance of males (30/52), low schooling level (29/52 incomplete elementary education), and less than 2 years between HIV infection diagnosis and death (28/52); tuberculosis was the most frequent cause of death (17/52); and in 50/52 cases at least one therapeutic itinerary inadequacy was identified. CONCLUSION: avoidable deaths of people with AIDS occurred mostly in men, those with low education level, those with recent HIV diagnosis and most deaths were due to tuberculosis.
OBJECTIVE: to characterize AIDS deaths eligible for Porto Alegre AIDSMortality Committee (AIDSMC) investigation, Brazil, in 2015, and their therapeutic itineraries. METHODS: this was a descriptive study using secondary data from surveillance information systems and AIDSMC investigation forms. RESULTS: out of 336 deaths from AIDS-related causes, 113 (33.6%) were considered avoidable, of which 52 were analyzed by AIDSMC; there was predominance of males (30/52), low schooling level (29/52 incomplete elementary education), and less than 2 years between HIV infection diagnosis and death (28/52); tuberculosis was the most frequent cause of death (17/52); and in 50/52 cases at least one therapeutic itinerary inadequacy was identified. CONCLUSION: avoidable deaths of people with AIDS occurred mostly in men, those with low education level, those with recent HIV diagnosis and most deaths were due to tuberculosis.