Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

DK Agarwal

Publications

• Research Article
  Impact of Renal Transplantation on Psychosocial Status of Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Patients
  Author(s): DK Agarwal, Aditya Agarwal, Nalin Nag, Swapnil Y Gajway and Satyabrat GaranayakDK Agarwal, Aditya Agarwal, Nalin Nag, Swapnil Y Gajway and Satyabrat Garanayak
  
  Background and Methods: Nephropathy is a common complication amongst the HIV positive population. With the advent of Combined Anti-Retroviral Therapy (cART), CD4+ counts and viral replication can be controlled more efficiently. The survival rates are fast approaching that of the general population. In such a scenario, renal transplantation is growing increasingly popular as a treatment modality of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in HIV positive patients. We studied the psychosocial changes in a subset of such HIV positive renal transplant recipients through a questionnaire which assessed multiple parameters with fixed multiple choice responses. An attempt was made to compare the pre and post-transplant psychosocial status of the patients wherever possible. We selected ten HIV positive patients who had undergone renal transplantation at our ce.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000554

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