RT Journal
A1 Mitka M
T1 HIv-infected organ transplants
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD August 8
VO 308
IS 6
SP 558
OP 558
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.9553
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.9553
AB 
These organizations argue that the National Organ Transplant Act, passed in 1984 and amended in 1988, reflects the profound lack of knowledge about HIV at the time it was written. They note that HIV has become a manageable chronic disease and that current treatments enable HIV-infected patients to live much longer than such patients did during the 1980s, with many now having life expectancies comparable with the general population. These longer life spans mean HIV-infected patients are vulnerable to other chronic diseases associated with older age, such as kidney failure and liver failure, 2 conditions for which organ transplantation is often considered the standard-of-care treatment.