Treatment failure, death, and predictors among PLWHIV on second-line antiretroviral therapy in Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, northeast Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study.
Shambel WodajoGetu DeguAmare DeribewFentie AmbawPublished in: PloS one (2022)
A significant number of patients had failed to respond to second-line therapy. A large number of patients had also died. Patient medical profile and monitoring practice were associated with treatment failure and death. Hence, patient-centered monitoring and interventions should be strengthened, besides treatment switch.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- antiretroviral therapy
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- palliative care
- physical activity
- hiv infected
- patient reported outcomes
- replacement therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected patients
- mesenchymal stem cells
- smoking cessation
- drug induced