Kidney Transplantation in HIV Positive Patients: Current Practice and Management Strategies
2020
BACKGROUND: HIV positive patients had been successfully transplanted for the last 15 years and the donor pool had successfully been expanded to also include HIV positive donors. METHODS: We aimed...
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in human immunodeficiency virus: A systematic review of literature
2020
Diagnosis and management of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are scarcely described in the published literature. The aim of this systematic review was to...
Bone fracture among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-regression of prevalence, incidence, and risk factors
2020
INTRODUCTION: People living with HIV (PLWH) had a higher prevalence and incidence rate of bone fracture compared to general population. Although several studies have explored this phenomenon, the prevalence and...
HIV, antiretroviral therapy and metabolic alterations: A review
2020
The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has caused some metabolic problems to people who suffer from HIV. ART probably is not the sole reason for these metabolic disorders. Most likely,...
The safety and efficacy of marijuana in persons living with HIV
2019
The prevalence of the use of marijuana throughout the world is substantial. In light of ongoing increases in accessibility to marijuana, safety and efficacy must be established to guide recommendations...
Sarcopenia in people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
People living with HIV (PLHIV) experience greater loss of muscle mass and function than people without HIV. However, HIV is not routinely recognized as a sarcopenia risk factor outside of...
Nature and extent of hearing loss in HIV-infected children: A scoping review
2020
INTRODUCTION: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has had a major impact on life expectancy from HIV as many people now live with it as a chronic disease. Chronic HIV has been associated...
Antiretroviral therapy and detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) at post-CIN management follow-up among women living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the association of antiretroviral therapy (ART), CD4+ count and HIV plasma viral load (PVL) on high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) detection at follow-up after CIN management among...
Burden of disease: A scoping review of HIV/AIDS and TB in occupational noise-induced hearing loss
2020
BACKGROUND: Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) does not occur in isolation from other influencing factors such as health conditions and illnesses like human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV...
Burden of anemia and its association with HAART in HIV infected children in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2019
BACKGROUND: Anemia is a common problem in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infected patients, and is associated with decreased functional capacity and quality of life. Ethiopia is one of the countries...
HBV infection in HIV-driven immune suppression
2019
Worldwide, approximately 10% of all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people are also chronically coinfected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection has a poor prognosis in HIV-positive people and has...
Management of osteoporosis in patients living with HIV-A systematic review and meta-analysis
2020
OBJECTIVE: Osteoporosis is reported as a common comorbidity in patients living with HIV (PLHIV). The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the evidence on fracture risk...
