A cross-sectional study was conducted among HIV-infected adults. Demographics, medications, drug interactions and comorbidities were abstracted from patients’ medical records. Abnormal QTc interval was defined per the UK Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products. Clinical characteristics were compared among ECG recipients Trichostatin A and nonrecipients. Among ECG recipients, the prevalence and predictors of QTc prolongation were assessed. Among the 454 patients included in the study, 80.8% were prescribed a medication associated with QTc prolongation and 39% had drug interactions expected to increase QTc prolongation risk. There were 138 patients (30.3%) who

received ECG testing. Receipt of ECG monitoring was associated with increasing age, Bcl-2 activation diabetes, increasing total number of medications and gastroesophageal

reflux disease. Among ECG recipients, the prevalence of abnormal QTc interval was 27.5%. Chronic kidney disease [prevalence ratio (PR) 3.47; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.37–8.83; P = 0.009], hepatitis C virus coinfection (PR 2.26; 95% CI 0.97–5.27; P = 0.06) and hypertension (PR 2.11; 95% CI 0.93–4.81; P = 0.07) were independently associated with an abnormal QTc interval. A low frequency of ECG testing was observed, despite a high use of medications associated with QTc prolongation. The risk of abnormal QTc interval was highest among patients with chronic kidney disease, hypertension and hepatitis C virus coinfection. “
“Early diagnosis of HIV infection is important for the individual and for disease control. A consensus was recently reached among European countries on definitions of timing of

presentation for care: ‘Late presentation’ refers to entering care with a CD4 count <350 cells/μL or an AIDS-defining event, regardless of the CD4 count. Presentation with ‘advanced HIV disease’ is a subset having a CD4 count <200 cells/μL and also includes all who have an AIDS-defining event regardless of CD4 count. This study examines timing of presentation in New Zealand from 2005 to 2010. Since 2005, information on the initial CD4 cell count has been requested on all people newly diagnosed with HIV infection through Aspartate antibody testing in New Zealand. Excluded in this analysis were those previously diagnosed overseas or for an immigration medical. A CD4 cell count was provided for 606 (80.3%) of the 755 newly diagnosed adults. Overall, 50.0% were ‘late presenters’ and 32.0% had ‘advanced HIV disease’. Compared with men who have sex with men (MSM), people heterosexually infected were more likely to present late. ‘Late presentation’ and presentation with ‘advanced HIV disease’ were significantly more common among older MSM. Māori and Pacific MSM were more likely to present with ‘advanced HIV disease’. Compared with European MSM, the age-adjusted relative risks for Māori and Pacific MSM were 2.1 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4–3.