Kidney Disease May Add to Higher Risk for CVD Due to HIV
The effect of HIV serostatus on brachial artery flow-mediated dilation strongly influenced by kidney function
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AKI Risk Is High Among HIV-Positive Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Acute kidney injury developed in more than half of patients with HIV who were hospitalized with COVID-19 at a medical center in Bronx, New York.
HIV and Edema in a 34-Year-Old Man
A 34-year-old Hispanic man with HIV presented with gradual onset lower-extremity edema over the past 2 months. He was diagnosed with HIV 10 years earlier. What is the cause of his nephropathy?
HIV+ Donor to HIV+ Recipient Feasible for Kidney Transplant
Outcomes similar for HIV+, HIV− donors; trend toward higher rejection found for HIV+ donors.
An HIV Patient on Chemotherapy With Rising Creatinine
A 72-year-old man was referred to a nephrology clinic because of an increase in creatinine from 1.2 to 2.2 mg/dL. He has a complicated medical history of neurogenic bladder, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), HIV, and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the left mandible post resection. He underwent cisplatin-based chemotherapy and radiation 3 years previously. For the…
HIV Infection Associated With Poor Cancer Outcomes
Elderly patients with HIV who have cancer, and specifically breast and prostate cancer, may have worse outcomes when compared with elderly patients without HIV with cancer.
Stone Formation in an HIV Patient Two Years After Stopping Ritonavir
A recently published report describes the case of a 33-year-old female patient with HIV who experienced ritonavir-induced nephrolithiasis 2 years after discontinuing the medication.
Missed Opportunities for HIV Diagnosis Among Those at Risk
Men who have sex with men and persons who inject drugs report missed testing opportunities.
Cancer Incidences and Burden Expected to Shift in HIV-Positive
Prostate and lung cancer expected to emerge as the most common types by 2030.
Many Americans Untested for HIV
Overall, 38.8% of women and 53.8% of men had never been tested in 2011 to 2015.
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