Assessing the hazard of death, cardiac tamponade, and pericardial constriction among HIV and tuberculosis pericarditis patients using the extended Cox-hazard model: Intervention study.
Abdul-Karim IddrisuDominic OtooAfa KwasiFreedom GumedzePublished in: Health science reports (2024)
The study offers valuable insights into how prednisolone impact the hazard of different outcomes in patients with TBP and HIV. The findings hold potential clinical significance, particularly in guiding treatment decisions and devising strategies to enhance outcomes in this specific patient group. However, there are concerns about prednisolone potentially increasing the risk of death due to HIV-related death.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv aids
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- hepatitis c virus
- end stage renal disease
- randomized controlled trial
- men who have sex with men
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- heart failure
- neuropathic pain
- metabolic syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- climate change
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- glycemic control
- patient reported