Reviews on HIV+ people where the population is not specified
Kaposi sarcoma of the larynx: A systematic review
2022
OBJECTIVE: Kaposi sarcoma (KS) of the larynx is a rare disease with few cases reported in the literature. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of laryngeal KS, including...
The effect of HIV/AIDS infection on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19: A meta-analysis
2022
PURPOSE: Patients with HIV may be more likely to become severely ill from COVID-19. The present meta-analysis aims to determine the impact of HIV/AIDS infection on the clinical outcomes of...
HIV and substance use in Latin America: A scoping review
2022
This scoping review aims to explore the interplay between substance use (SU) and HIV in Latin America (LA). Database searches yielded 3481 references; 196 were included. HIV prevalence among people...
Worldwide occurrence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and its associated factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2022
BACKGROUND: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders are common in people living with HIV/AIDS and affect the adherence of patients to prescriptions, activities of daily living, and quality of life of patients. However,...
Treatments for AIDS/HIV-related Kaposi sarcoma: A systematic review of the literature
2022
BACKGROUND: Treatment guidelines are not well established in AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma (KS). OBJECTIVE: We aim to review the evidence on efficacy of treatments for AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. METHODS: We searched...
HIV infection and risk of heart failure: A meta-analysis and systematic review
2022
BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is commonly seen in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We aimed to evaluate the potential correlations of HIV infection and risk of HF, to...
Systematic review and meta-analyses of the interaction between HIV infection and COVID-19: Two years’ evidence summary
2022
Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with HIV (PLWH) were considered to be at risk of worse COVID-19 outcomes once infected. However, the existing evidence is inconsistent. This systematic...
Peer education and peer counselling for health and well-being: A review of reviews
2022
Peer education and peer counselling for health and wellbeing have been recognized as complementary approaches to professional intervention for over 50 years, but it is relatively recently that research into...
Prevalence of psychological distress among people living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2022
Although people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are known to be vulnerable to psychological distress (PD), little is known about the prevalence of PD among PLWHA. A systematic literature search of...
The effects of aerobic training on the CD4 cells, VO2max, and metabolic parameters in HIV-infected patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
2020
INTRODUCTION: To our knowledge, there are no systematic review study with meta- analysis that investigated the influence of training variables on specific outcomes (CD4 cell counts) addressed aerobic training for...
Echinococcosis in immunocompromised patients: A systematic review
2022
BACKGROUND: Human echinococcoses are the infection caused by the larval stages of different species of the genus Echinococcus, mostly E. granulosus and E. multilocularis. There is no aggregated information on...
HIV and surgery for degenerative spine disease: A systematic review
2021
Background and study aims: The objective of this review is to evaluate the incidence of operative treatment, outcomes, and complications of surgery for degenerative spine disease (DSD) on human immunodeficiency virus...
