International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Sindhu Kumar
Department General Medicine, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, IndiaPublications
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Research
Clinical Study of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction and QT Dispersion in Newly Diagnosed HIV Positive Individuals and its Correlation with CD4 Count
Author(s): Keerthi Kumar, Sandhya Rani B*, Sindhu Kumar and Prathvi Nandalike
Background: HIV is a global pandemic with an estimated 38 million People Living with HIV (PLHIV) worldwide. Autonomic nervous dysfunction is seen more frequently in PLHIV and Cardiac autonomic dysfunction affects severely the quality of life in them. Early detection of autonomic neuropathy helps in the rehabilitation of PLHIV. Objectives: To evaluate the presence and extent of cardiac autonomic dysfunction and QT dispersion in newly diagnosed PLHIV, and To correlate autonomic with CD4 count. Method: Age and sex-matched Case-control study was conducted in the hospitals attached to Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI). 30 patients (15 HIV positive with AIDS and 15 HIV positive without AIDS) and 30 healthy controls who gave consent for the study and satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria were enrolled in the s.. Read More»
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