Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Syed Imran Ahmed

Publications

• Research Article
  Gender Differences in Adverse Drug Reactions during HAART Therapy in HIV/AIDS Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital Penang, Malaysia
  Author(s): Kashif Ullah Khan, Amer Hayat Khan, Syed Azhar Sulaiman, Chow Ting Soo, Syed Imran Ahmed, Abdul Haseeb and Hani Saleh FaidahKashif Ullah Khan, Amer Hayat Khan, Syed Azhar Sulaiman, Chow Ting Soo, Syed Imran Ahmed, Abdul Haseeb and Hani Saleh Faidah
  
  Aims and objective: Current study is aimed to explore and observe adverse drug reactions occurrence of antiretroviral therapy and to examine the gender differences in treatment outcomes of HIV/AIDS patients during HAART therapy. Method: An observational retrospective study of all patients on HAART therapy diagnosed with HIV infection from January 2007 to December 2012 was conducted at infectious disease department of Hospital Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Patients socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory data was retrieved via self developed validated data collection form. Results: Out of 743 patients 571 (76.8%) were male and 172 (23.1%) were female patients. A total number of 425 (57.2%) adverse drug reactions were reported among which 311 (73.1%) occurred in males and 114 (26.8%) in female patients, with a significant statistical relationship (p=0.02, OR=1.21). Out of total ADRs (57... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000720

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