pulmonary hypertension is rare but is one of the complications that occur due to hiv infection. symptoms of hiv-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension are often non-specific but the main symptom of the disease is dyspnea. in this cross-sectional study, we measured systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (spap) by echocardiographic methods among hiv-positive patients who received art. this rese...

widely used. Furthermore, as supportive treatment improves, patients who receive antimicrobial therapy, HAART, and/or appropriate use of colony-stimulating growth factors during the intense immunosuppressive phase of treatment are more likely to experience immunorestitution. Therefore, we expect that a greater spectrum of infecting microbes will be recognized in the setting of IRD. The aim of o...

INTRODUCTION Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) strategies include combined short-course antiretrovirals during pregnancy (Option A), triple-drug antiretroviral treament (ART) during pregnancy and breastfeeding (Option B), or lifelong ART (Option B+). The WHO also recommends ART for HIV treatment and prevention of sexual transmission of HIV. The impact of PMTCT strategies on...

Adherence is the milestone of a successful therapy. Over the last decade several authors have addressed the importance of adherence for optimal results of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. Many health care systems are investing substantial resources to make available contemporary antiretroviral therapy. Despite the large investment in medications, insufficient investments have been made into an int...

The number of people on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in South Africa has risen from < 2000 in October 2003, to almost 200,000 by the end of 2005. Yet South Africa's performance in terms of HAART coverage is poor both in comparison with other countries and the targets set by the government's own Operational Plan. The public-sector HAART "rollout" has been uneven across South Afri...

In the past year, HIV treatment guidelines from high-income countries and regions such as the United States, United Kingdom and Western Europe have changed. Generally, these guidelines now recommend that HIV positive people begin HAART when their CD4+ count has fallen below 350. This is a major shift from the beginning of this century, when treatment was usually delayed until CD4+ counts fell b...

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Adherence to HAART medication regimens is vital to maintaining suppression of HIV, but persons with HIV face many challenges to adhering consistently to HIV medication regimens. This is particularly true for persons who live in geographically-isolated areas or who have significant levels of cognitive compromise. A videophone-based version of Reynolds' HAART CARE (HC) telephone intervention for ...