ReviewBMC health services research2014
Inpatient mortality of HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa and possible interventions: a mixed methods review.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Outcomes of people living with HIV after hospital discharge: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The lancet. HIV · 2022Pooled it
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- Assessment of Awareness and Acceptability of Hospital Autopsy Among People Living with HIV and Their Caregivers in Northern Uganda.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Mortality among extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in the HIV endemic setting: lessons from a tertiary level hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Causes of death in people living with HIV: Lessons from five health facilities in Eswatini.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of HIV on mortality among hospitalised patients in South Africa.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2023Article
- Implementation of tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis rapid diagnostic tests amongst patients with advanced HIV at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi, 2016-2017.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Hepatitis and tuberculosis testing are much less common than HIV testing among adults in Kisumu, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional assessment.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Predictors of mortality rate among adult HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy in Metema Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study.AIDS research and therapy · 2021Article
- HIV-associated morbidity and mortality in a setting of high ART coverage: prospective surveillance results from a district hospital in Botswana.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Care Continuum and Postdischarge Outcomes Among HIV-Infected Adults Admitted to the Hospital in Zambia.Open forum infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Initiation among Hospitalized Adults in a Resource-Limited Settings: A Challenge to the Global Target of ART for 90% of HIV-Infected Individuals.AIDS research and treatment · 2019Article
- Readmission and death following hospitalization among people with HIV in South Africa.PloS one · 2019Article
- Hospitalization and post-discharge care in South Africa: A critical event in the continuum of care.PloS one · 2018Article
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- The sixth vital sign: HIV status assessment and severe illness triage in Uganda.Public health action · 2017Article
- HIV assessment and testing for hospital in-patients: still a weak link in the cascade.Public health action · 2017Article
- Paracetamol clinical dosing routine leads to paracetamol underexposure in an adult severely ill sub-Saharan African hospital population: a drug concentration measurement study.BMC research notes · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the increased availability of anti-retroviral therapy, in-hospital HIV mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. Reports from Senegal, Malawi, and Tanzania show rates of in-hospital, HIV-related mortality ranging from 24.2% to 44%. This mixed methods review explored the potential causes of preventable in-hospital mortality associated with HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa in the anti-retroviral era.
resultsBased on our experience as healthcare providers in Africa and a review of the literature we identified 5 health systems failures which may cause preventable in-hospital mortality, including: 1) late presentation of HIV cases, 2) low rates of in-hospital HIV testing, 3) poor laboratory capacity which limits CD4 T-cell testing and the diagnosis of opportunistic infections, 4) delay in initiation of anti-retroviral therapy in-hospital, and 5) problems associated with loss to follow-up upon discharge from hospital.
conclusionOur findings, together with the current available literature, should be used to develop practical interventions that can be implemented to reduce in-hospital mortality.
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