Acute kidney injury and its predictors among HIV-positive patients in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Abere Woretaw Azagew,
Hailemichael Kindie Abate,
Yohannes Mulu Ferede
et al.
Abstract:Background
cute kidney injury(AKI) is a rapid loss of the kidney’s excretory function, resulting in an accumulation of end products of nitrogen metabolism. The causes of AKI in HIV-positive patients are not well investigated, but it may be associated with antiretroviral drug side effects and HIV itself. Even though there were studies that reported the prevalence of AKI among HIV-positive patients in Africa, their findings were inconsistent across the studies.
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