The outcome of HIV-positive patients admitted to intensive care units with acute kidney injury

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dc.contributor.authorNel, J. D.
dc.contributor.authorMoosa, M. R.
dc.contributor.authorPolenakovic, Momir (Ed.)
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-15T10:14:49Z
dc.date.available2012-06-15T10:14:49Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.intechopen.comen_ZA
dc.descriptionPublication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAcute kidney injury is a serious clinical problem with significant morbidity and mortality. Several factors are recognized to aggravate the outcome including advanced age, gender, oliguria and the serum creatinine level. What is currently unknown is whether the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) aggravates the outcome of patients who develop acute kidney injury (AKI). Sub-Saharan Africa currently bears the brunt of the global HIV pandemic. In South Africa alone more than 5.7 million people are infected ((UNAIDS 2008 report on the global AIDS epidemic, 2009), creating substantial additional pressure on already inadequate social and healthcare infrastructures. Acute kidney injury occurs commonly in HIV-infected patients admitted to hospital and carries with it substantial mortality. In a resource-poor environment clinicians are often forced to select patients with a better chance of survival for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). A rigorous evaluation of the outcomes of HIV-positive patients admitted to ICU with AKI may assist in identifying factors associated with better survival, and thus aid in the cost-effective management of these patients.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers' Versionen_ZA
dc.format.extentpp. 198-202
dc.identifier.citationNel, J. D. & Moosa, M. R. 2012. The Outcome of HIV-Positive Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units with Acute Kidney Injury in Polenakovic, M. (ed.). Renal Failure - The Facts, doi:10.5772/37421.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn978-953-51-0630-2
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5772/37421
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21421
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherInTechen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain the copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectKidney -- Diseases -- Prognosisen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV positive persons with kidney diseaseen_ZA
dc.subjectRenal failureen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV positive persons -- Intensive careen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV positive persons with kidney disease -- Intensive careen_ZA
dc.titleThe outcome of HIV-positive patients admitted to intensive care units with acute kidney injuryen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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