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Hypertriglyceridemia in Antiretroviral Therapy [PDF]

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2005
Elevated serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol have been reported in the literature from areas where experience with antiretroviral drugs has amassed. Up until recently the use of antiretroviral drugs in Nigeria on a wide scale was a rarity owing largely to
Imarhiagbe, Frank, Kubeyinje, Emmanuel
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Antiretroviral therapy in Africa [PDF]

BMJ, 2004
We should stop and think about the risks of resistance, and ways of minimising them, before increasing access to antiretroviral therapy in Africa Demands for the introduction of antiretroviral therapy into Africa have been growing over the past few years.
Warren, Stevens, Steve, Kaye, Tumani, Corrah   +2 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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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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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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Initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS, 2014
With the widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy, there is a dramatic decline in HIV related morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. Further, the current antiretroviral drug combinations are safer and the availability of newer monitoring assays and guidelines has vastly improved the patient management.
Pandhi, Deepika, Ailawadi, Pallavi
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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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Antiretroviral Therapy in the Clinic [PDF]

Journal of Virology, 2010
ABSTRACT Antiretroviral therapy in the developed world has resulted in substantial reductions in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, changing an HIV diagnosis from a likely death sentence into a manageable chronic infection (F. J. Palella, Jr., K. M. Delaney, A. C. Moorman, M. O. Loveless, J. Fuhrer, G. A. Satten, D.
Athe M N, Tsibris, Martin S, Hirsch
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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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