Acute kidney injury and its predictors among HIV-positive patients in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

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.

Methods

We searched on PubMed, Embas, Ebsco, OVID, Cochrane Library, and other supplementary search engines, including Google and Google Scholar. Articles published upto July 2023 were included in this review study. The quality of the study was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cross-sectional, case-control,

SUBMITTER: Azagew AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10857608 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature