Renal dysfunction among adult HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy at a tertiary facility in Ghana.

Dorcas Obiri-YeboahYaw Asante AwukuWonderful AlofaAlice CharwudziEbenezer Aniakwa-BonsuEvans ObbohPaul Nsiah

Published in: BMC nephrology (2018)

Estimated GFR decreased after 6 months among patients on ART despite normal serum creatinine and urea levels. This finding suggests that clients in care at HIV/ART clinics in Ghana may benefit from routine estimation of GFR and proteinuria.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv aids
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv positive
hiv infected patients
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
primary care
prognostic factors
healthcare
clinical practice
metabolic syndrome
long term care
south africa