Research Progress on the Causes of Death in HIV/AIDS Patients

艾滋病以免疫破坏为主要表现，曾一度作为我国传染病中死亡率居高的疾病。本文探讨了HIV/AIDS患者的死亡原因及相关因素，包括艾滋病相关死亡与艾滋病无关死亡，并浅谈了针对各类危险因素的预防、控制方法与建议，希望能够提高临床医生对HIV感染者死亡危险因素的认识，并及早做出干预，更有效地延长患者生命。AIDS, mainly characterized by immune destruction, was once a high mortality disease in China. This paper discusses the causes of death and related factors of HIV/AIDS patients, including AIDS-related deaths and non-AIDS-related deaths, and discusses the prevention and control methods and suggestions for various risk factors, hoping to improve clinicians’ understanding of the risk factors of death of HIV infected people, and make early intervention to prolong the life of patients more effectively.