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A literature review on cardiovascular risk in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: implications for clinical management

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
Introduction: In recent years, there has been growing concern about an increasing rate of cardiovascular diseases in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, which could be associated with side effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Mansueto Gomes Neto, Ricardo Zwirtes, Carlos Brites   +2 more
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Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2015
Malnourished HIV-infected African adults are at high risk of early mortality after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART). We hypothesized that short-course, high-dose vitamin and mineral supplementation in lipid nutritional supplements would decrease ...
Chisenga, Molly, Kidola, J, Heimburger, Douglas C, Filteau, S, Friis, H, Larke, Natasha, Manno, Daniela, PrayGod, G, Larke, N, Andersen, Åse Bengård, Kasonka, L, Rehman, AM, Siame, J, Woodd, Susannah, Manno, D, Koethe, JR, Filteau, Suzanne, Koethe, John R, Yilma, Daniel, Michael, D, Siame, Joshua, Changalucha, John, Heimburger, DC, NUSTART (Nutritional Support for Africans Starting Antiretrovira, Kidola, Jeremiah, NUSTART (Nutritional Support for Africans Starting Antiretroviral Therapy) Study Team,, Chisenga, M, Friis, Henrik, Changalucha, J, PrayGod, George, Yilma, D, Kasonka, Lackson, Star, NUSTARTNSA, Michael, Denna, Woodd, S, Kelly, Paul, Rehman, Andrea M, Kelly, P   +37 more
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Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda

Human Resources for Health, 2009
Background To increase access to antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings, several experts recommend "task shifting" from doctors to clinical officers, nurses and midwives.
Namagala Elizabeth, Lule Frank, Kaye Richard, Sebuyira Lydia, Oyugi Jessica H, Weaver Marcia R, Schneider Gisela, Lutalo Ibrahim M, Scheld W, McAdam Keith PWJ, Sande Merle A   +10 more
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Self-Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in the Developing World: the Involvement of Private Pharmacies in an HIV Program. [PDF]

, 2012
Self-initiation to antiretroviral treatment (ART) exposes the patient to the risk of drug toxicity, poor adherence to treatment, and escalates the development of drug resistance.
Buma, Deus, Minzi, Omary Mashiku, Kagashe GA, Buma, D., Minzi OM, Buma D, Kagashe, G.A., Kagashe, Godeliver A, Minzi, O.M.   +8 more
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Antiretroviral Side Effects on Adherence in People Living with HIV/AIDS

Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2018
Background: Antiretroviral therapy is a lifelong treatment in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Adherence is the key to the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy.
Gede Arya Bagus Arisudhana, Muchlis Achsan Udji Sofro, Untung Sujianto   +2 more
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CD4+count-guided interruption of antiretroviral treatment [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND:Despite declines in morbidity and mortality with the use of combination antiretroviral therapy, its effectiveness is limited by adverse events, problems with adherence, and resistance of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).METHODS:We ...
Babiker, A, Lundgren, JD, Faetkenheuer, G., Rappoport, C, Hoy, Jennifer, El-Sadr, Wafaa, Arduino, RC, Grund, B, Abrams, DJ, Clumeck, Nathan, Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (SMART) Stud, Clumeck, N., Gazzard, B, Neuhaus, J, Neaton, J. D., Lundgren, J. D., Darbyshire, J, Grund, Birgit, Hoy, J., Phillips, A., Fätkenheuer, Gerd, Neaton, James, Lundgren, Jens D, Cohn, D., Cohen, C. J., Mejia, JMR, Strategies Management Antiretrovir, Darbyshire, J., Emery, S, Klingman, Karin, Darbyshire, Janet, Markowitz, Norman, Emery, Sean, Cohn, David V., Cooper, David, Gordin, Fred, Emery, S., Losso, M, Losso, Marcello, Klingman, K, Neaton, JD, Clumeck, N, Markowitz, N., Babiker, Abdel, Cooper, D., Losso, M., Mejia, J. M. Ramos, Arduino, R. C., Gordin, F, Fatkenheuer, G, Cohen, Calvin, Hoy, J, Neuhaus, J., El-Sadr, W. M., Grund, B., Klingman, K., El-Sadr, WM, Cohn, D, Gazzard, Brian, Burman, William, Burman, W., Abrams, D, Cohen, CJ, Gazzard, B., Arduino, Roberto, Markowitz, N, Gordin, F., Babiker, A., Burman, W, Cooper, D, Abrams, D., Phillips, Andrew N., Phillips, A, Rappoport, C.   +73 more
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Development and validation of a composite programmatic assessment tool for HIV therapy. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
We developed and validated a new and simple metric, the Programmatic Compliance Score (PCS), based on the IAS-USA antiretroviral therapy management guidelines for HIV-infected adults, as a predictor of all-cause mortality, at a program-wide level.
Viviane D Lima, Adrian Le, Bohdan Nosyk, Rolando Barrios, Benita Yip, Robert S Hogg, P Richard Harrigan, Julio S G Montaner   +7 more
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Optimizing resources to reduce costs to determine HIV viral load in limited resources settings

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2017
Introduction: HIV viral load testing is a key factor to evaluate the accomplishment of the UNAIDS target of 90% of viral suppression among people receiving antiretroviral therapy.
Amalia Girón-Callejas, Ricardo Mendizabal-Burastero, Elizabeth Yax, Axel Martínez, Carlos Mejía-Villatoro   +4 more
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A case report of clinical implications of a delayed antiretroviral therapy switch in a patient with multiple treatment interruptions

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
The Namibia national antiretroviral therapy guidelines recommend that patients living with HIV who interrupt antiretrovirals and in the process disengage from care be restarted on their usual antiretroviral therapy regimen upon return.
Mireille A Mpalang Kakubu, Kandali Frans, Nelson Gibutai, Patrick DMC Katoto   +3 more
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Impact on life expectancy of HIV-1 positive individuals of CD4+ cell count and viral load response to antiretroviral therapy. [PDF]

, 2014
The objective of this study is to estimate life expectancies of HIV-positive patients conditional on response to antiretroviral therapy (ART)
Richard Gilson, Margaret T. May, John Walsh, Chadwick, D, Gompels, Mark, Porter, Kholoud, Anderson, Jane, Delpech, V, UK, UKCHIVC, Leen, Clifford, Martin, F, Valerie Delpech, Sophie Jose, Hill, Teresa, Jose, Sophie, Pillay, Deenan, Sabin, Caroline, Chloe Orkin, Orkin, Chloe, Fabiola Martin, UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (UK CHIC) Study, ., Sabin, C, Hay, Phillip, Johnson, M, Martin Fisher, Gilson, Richard, Kholoud Porter, Fisher, M, Ainsworth, Jonathan, ?, ?, Johnson, Margaret, Gilson, R, Hay, P, Gompels, M, Phillip Hay, Nelson, Mark, Palfreeman, Adrian, Teresa Hill, Phillips, Andrew, Mackie, Nicky, Porter, K, May, Margaret T, Delpech, Valerie, Mark Nelson, UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (UK CHIC) Study, Fisher, Martin, Walsh, J, Babiker, Abdel, Hill, T, Schwenk, Achim, Adrian Palfreeman, Chadwick, David, Orkin, C, Winston, Alan, Ainsworth, J, Kegg, Stephen, Margaret Johnson, David Chadwick, Caroline Sabin, Walsh, John, Sachikonye, Memory, Nelson, M, Kegg, S, May, MT, Frank Post, Clifford Leen, Martin, Fabiola, Dunn, Daviad, Anderson, J, Gazzard, Brian, Post, Frank, Mark Gompels, Jose, S, May, Margaret T., Post, F, Palfreeman, A, Leen, C, Stephen Kegg, Jonathan Ainsworth, Jane Anderson   +79 more
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