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People With HIV and Kidney Disease Have Major Health Risks

Researchers urge clinicians to closely monitor their patients with HIV and chronic kidney disease.

Published
09 March 2018
From
Poz
Kidney problems
Shift in HIV-Associated Kidney Disease Characterized

Successful antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has altered the spectrum of HIV-associated kidney disease over the past 30 years, according to the authors of a new review published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Published
15 December 2017
From
Renal & Urology News
Cardiovascular disease
Risk of chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in people with HIV should be assessed together

People with HIV should have their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) assessed together, results from the D:A:D study published in PLOS Medicine

Published
21 November 2017
By
Michael Carter
Cardiovascular disease
HIV patients at greater risk of both heart and kidney disease

Drawing on data from the international D:A:D (Data collection on Adverse events of Anti-HIV Drugs) study, Professor Boyd and colleagues assessed the risks of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease in people with HIV infection. They found elevated risks of each disease occurring simultaneously.

Published
08 November 2017
From
EurekAlert (press release)
Kidney problems
UK Reports Its First Kidney Transplants From HIV+ Donor to HIV+ Recipients

Kidneys from a deceased HIV-positive donor were successfully transplanted in two HIV-positive recipients, U.K. researchers report.

Published
30 October 2017
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
Side-effects
Acute kidney injury ‘uncommon’ but unpredictable on tenofovir and ritonavir

Doctors need to monitor patients regularly for kidney function if they are taking tenofovir disoproxil, especially if combined with ritonavir, the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV

Published
27 July 2017
By
Gus Cairns
Neurological and cognitive problems
Risk score can identify which HIV-positive people with controlled viral load are at greatest risk of neurocognitive decline

Four factors are associated with neurocognitive decline in people living with HIV with an undetectable viral load, investigators from Canada report in the online edition

Published
16 June 2017
By
Michael Carter
Harm reduction
AA amyloidosis is an unrecognised problem among people who inject drugs

AA amyloidosis, a condition resulting from skin and soft tissue infections that can lead to kidney failure, may be more common than previously recognised among people who

Published
16 May 2017
By
Liz Highleyman
Treatment guidelines
Clinical Commissioning Policy: Tenofovir Alafenamide for treatment of HIV 1 in adults and adolescents

TAF containing products can be made available to patients who have defined renal or bone problems or who have medical reasons why they cannot take other HIV drugs.

Published
06 March 2017
From
NHS England
Kidney problems
HIV-positive kidney failure patients face greater hurdles in receiving necessary transplants

A new study finds that HIV-infected individuals with kidney failure are less likely to receive a kidney transplant — especially from living donors — than their uninfected counterparts.

Published
24 February 2017
From
University of Alabama Birmingham press release
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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