Prevalence and predictors of airflow obstruction in an HIV tertiary care clinic in Montreal, Canada: a cross-sectional study.
Cecilia T CostiniukR NitulescuZ SaneeiN WasefS SalahuddinD WasefJ YoungC de CastroJ P RoutyB LebouchéJ CoxB M SmithS AmbroiseC PexosM PatelJ SzaboL P HaraouiAlexandra De PokomandyC TsoukasJ FalutzR LeBlancA GiannakisC FrenetteM A JenabianJ BourbeauM B KleinPublished in: HIV medicine (2019)
Airflow obstruction was relatively uncommon. Our findings suggest that PLWHIV who are ≥50 years old, smokers and those with nadir CD4 counts ≤ 200 cells/μL could be targeted to undergo spirometry to diagnose chronic airflow obstruction.
Keyphrases
- tertiary care
- induced apoptosis
- risk factors
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- primary care
- hiv aids
- physical activity
- hiv testing
- mild cognitive impairment
- smoking cessation
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- cystic fibrosis
- signaling pathway
- cell proliferation
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- drug induced