Category Archives: Co-morbidities

BACKGROUND: Thrombocytopenia is the second most frequent complication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, occurring in about 4-40% of HIV-infected patients. This study aimed to determine the global prevalence of...

The importance of this review lies in its study of the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus...

This systematic review aims to estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia in people living with HIV (PLHIV) and to assess whether there is a difference between the muscle mass of PLHIV...

BACKGROUND: There is little research investigating how human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects outcomes in orthopaedic surgery. With advances in treatment, HIV has become a chronic health problem and the chance...

Background: As women living with HIV (WLWH) become older, their risk of developing breast cancer increases. Nonetheless, literature is conflicting regarding tumor stage, distribution of subtypes and overall survival among WLWH...

COVID-19 is a global health emergency. People living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) have concerns about whether they have a higher risk of getting the infection and suffer worse COVID-19...

BACKGROUND: To establish successful strategies and increasing the utilization of preventive services, there is a need to explore the extent to which the general female population is aware and use...

INTRODUCTION: People living with HIV (PLWH) are aging and will receive life-long treatment: despite substantial improvement in drug efficacy and tolerability, side effects still occur and they can blunt antiretroviral...

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to assess both the credibility and strength of evidence arising from systematic reviews with meta-analyses of observational studies and physical health outcomes associated with human immunodeficiency...

OBJECTIVES: Recent research has indicated seemingly increased propensity for falls and accelerated bone demineralisation in people living with HIV (PLWH). We aim to map out the extent and nature of...

Although some epidemiological studies have investigated the association between Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the development of kidney cancer, the results are far from consistent. We conducted a systematic...

OBJECTIVES: Mounting evidence indicates that vascular risk factors (VRFs) are elevated in HIV and play a significant role in the development and persistence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder. Given the increased...