Morbidity and mortality of black HIV-positive patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving chronic haemodialysis in South Africa.

This study contributes to the growing data reflecting good outcomes for HIV-positive patients on dialysis. However, transplantation is regarded as the best treatment option for CKD in patients without HIV, and we ask whether we should not be striving for dialysis to be the bridge to transplantation in HIV-positive patients. Also, importantly, attention needs to be geared towards prevention of CKD and slowing progression towards end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Those who provide healthcare to HIV-positive patients need to be aware of the special renal issues relevant to HIV, and the potential for evolution to ESRD. PMID: 26242526 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research