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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Who-stage"”.
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Outcome of universal life-long ART for all HIV infected pregnant and breastfeeding women and children less than 24 months regardless of WHO stage or CD4 count (PMTCT option B+) - a case study in a rural district, Malawi
… HIV burden in the world. Following the 2010 WHO PMTCT recommendations Malawi started providing lifelong ART to HIV-infected pregnant and lactating women regardless of clinical stage or CD4 count (option B+) in July 2011. Aim To assess the outcome of pregnant and lactating mothers receiving …
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Gender differences in presentation and early survival in an antiretroviral therapy programme in Gugulethu : South Africa, 2002-2007
… degree of disease ( according to CD4 count and WHO stage) played a mediating role in any association between gender and mortality. In all three time periods, the analysis found a strong crude associ~tiol). between male gender and mortality. Prior to HAART-initiation, there was a 31 % increase in …
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A survey of the prevalence and burden of pain and symptoms amongst HIV positive patients attending HIV treatment clinics in the University of the Witwatersrand Academic Hospital clinics
… relationship of these to CD4 count, viral load, WHO stage, functional status and HAART. Patients at the three clinics were invited, using convenience sampling, to participate in completing the interviewer administered Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-Short Form (MSAS-SF) which assesses the 7 day …
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Food insecurity at HIV diagnosis associated with subsequent viremia amongst adults living with HIV in an urban township of South Africa
… 1.2, P=0.001). At HIV testing, persons with WHO Stage 2 (aPOR 1.5, P=0.016) or Stage 3 (aPOR 1.7, P=0.001) disease were more likely to have experienced food insecurity.
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Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections
… therapy (ART) mainly to outpatients with WHO stage four disease and/or CD4 count of 200 cells/uL, immediate ART initiation after opportunistic infection (OI) treatment in the inpatient wards at several international sites has been shown to reduce the adverse outcomes of AIDS progression …
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Factors associated with delay in starting anti-retroviral treatment among confirmed HIV positive individuals in state health facilities in Northern Namibia
… of data obtained from the ePMS included the Who-stage, age, gender, facility type, CD4 count and District. The study’s population was 1824, and the sample size was 1824, as total population sampling was used in this desktop analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to help explore more on …
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Clinical pharmacokinetics of low dose paclitaxel in Asian patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
… of low-dose paclitaxel in Asian patients with WHO Stage III nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with a chemo-radiation regimen were determined and correlated with subjecta??s demographics, clinical parameters, outcome with the intent of optimizing therapeutic benefit to risk ratio in clinical use. …
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Survival of South-African HIV infected patients
… combination with the World Health Organisation (WHO) clinical staging system to predict outcome in 831 HIV positive patients. A TLC of 1250/μL was found to be the equivalent of a CD4 count of 200/μL. Patients with early HIV disease (WHO stage 1&2) had low annual rates of progression to AIDS : …
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Uneven Ground: Figurations Of The Rural Modern In The U.S. South, 1890-1945
… Southerners and Helen and Scott Nearing, figures who stage their protests of industrialized capitalism in writing from positions of relative privilege, and "labor agrarians," who come from an agricultural underclass of sharecroppers and tenant farmers. These latter form a more diverse …
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Clinical mentorship of nurse-initiated Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a quality of care assessment
… assessing adherence (50% vs 78%, p<;0.001) and WHO staging (63% vs 91%, p<;0.001). Nurse ART initiation indicators were successfully completed 95-100% of the time for 10 out of 16 indicators: clinical presentation, past medical history, prior ART history, WHO stage, STI screening, patient …
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Identification of the most prevalent symptoms and sites of pain experienced by AIDS patients at Soweto Hospice, Johannesburg, South Africa
… The patients included 103 adult patients with WHO Stage 4 AIDS who were alert enough and willing to participate. Patients with impaired cognitive function were excluded from the study. The main outcome measures included a list of 30 symptoms, 13 site-specific pains, age, gender, worst overall …
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The efficacy of intermittent directly observed isoniazid in preventing tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults with advanced disease
… among TST negative status participants with WHO Stage 3 or 4 HIV disease. INH/placebo was administered for 12 months by patient-nominated supervisors. TST-positive participants were given open-label INH. Participants who did not have access to ART were followed up for 24 months with 6-monthly …
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Characterization of and risk factors for HIV-1 resistance mutations following first line antiretroviral failure in the southern African private sector
… included in analyses were age, gender, province, WHO stage at time of resistance testing (HIVDR), duration of ART at HIVDR, prior monotherapy or dual therapy, viral load and CD4 count prior to starting ART, viral load and CD4 count at HIVDR, duration that the viral load was >400 copies/ml prior to …
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A Study to compare the short term outcome of urethral structure disease management between HIV and Non HIV infected patinets at UTH
… dilatation, anastomotic urethroplasty and staged urethroplasty. They were followed up postoperatively for 6 months and recurrence and complication rates were compared between the two groups. Other parameters studied included patients demographics, CD4 cell count in positive patients, HIV …
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A Study to compare the short term outcome of urethral structure disease management between HIV and Non HIV infected patinets at UTH
… dilatation, anastomotic urethroplasty and staged urethroplasty. They were followed up postoperatively for 6 months and recurrence and complication rates were compared between the two groups. Other parameters studied included patients demographics, CD4 cell count in positive patients, HIV …
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Vitamin A status of HIV-infected adults in South Africa
… major active opportunistic infections with WHO clinical stages 1 to 4 HIV-infection. Methods: One hundred and thirty-two HIV-positive patients were included in a cross-sectional study at the outpatient clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital. Exclusion criteria included current use of multivitamin …
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Outcomes of children transferring out of Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital HIV cohort using linkage to the National Health Laboratory Service Data
… was children below the age of 16 years who were initiated onto ART at RCWMCH and transferred out to lower level facilities within the WCP from December 31, 2007 - January 1, 2012. We described children's characteristics before transfer out and post-transfer date. In those who …
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Noma in northwest Nigeria: a neglected disease in neglected populations
… first symptoms. Noma progresses through distinct stages defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO); Stage 0: simple gingivitis; Stage 1: acute necrotizing gingivitis; Stage 2: oedema; Stage 3: gangrene; Stage 4: scarring. Stage 5: sequelae. It is unclear how many patients with the early stages …