Clinical Outcomes, Echocardiographic Findings, and Care Quality Metrics for People Living with HIV and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda.
Andrew Young ChangJoselyn RwebemberaEran BendavidEmmy OkelloMichele BarryAndrea Z BeatonChristiane HaeffeleAllison R WebelCissy KityoChris T LongeneckerPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Patients living with RHD and HIV in Uganda are a relatively young, predominantly female group. Although RHD-HIV comorbid individuals have higher rates of stroke, their similar all-cause mortality and RHD care quality metrics (such as retention in care) compared to those with RHD alone suggest rheumatic heart disease defines their clinical outcome more than HIV does. We believe this study to be one of the first reports of the epidemiologic profile and longitudinal outcomes of patients who carry diagnoses of both conditions.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- quality improvement
- hiv infected
- healthcare
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- palliative care
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- pulmonary hypertension
- ejection fraction
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- emergency department
- atrial fibrillation
- prognostic factors
- left ventricular
- south africa
- brain injury
- chronic pain
- patient reported outcomes
- adverse drug
- cross sectional