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Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-64).
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| author | Edwin, Christina |
| author2 | Gwyther, Liz |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10468 Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections Edwin, Christina Gwyther, Liz Palliative Medicine Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-64). Although national guidelines in South Africa recommend starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) mainly to outpatients with WHO stage four disease and/or CD4 count of 200 cells/uL, immediate ART initiation after opportunistic infection (OI) treatment in the inpatient wards at several international sites has been shown to reduce the adverse outcomes of AIDS progression and death. Current South African policies of discharging patients after hospital admission for management of OIs for follow up and initiation of ART at ARV clinics result in poor patient outcomes as described by reports from South Africa. In contrast, this study demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness, under routine programme conditions, of a rapid, supervised inpatient ART initiation. Further research is needed to reduce the high rate of early mortality among patients with advanced HIV disease. 2014-12-29T04:58:54Z 2014-12-29T04:58:54Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10468 eng application/pdf Department of Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Palliative Medicine Edwin, Christina Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections |
| title_full | Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections |
| title_fullStr | Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections |
| title_short | Retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast-tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections |
| title_sort | retrospective analysis of outcomes in the programme of fast tracking of antiretroviral therapy for patients admitted to a palliative care centre after diagnosis of opportunistic infections |
| topic | Palliative Medicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10468 |
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