Ophthalmologic complications in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Autor: Rafael Angel Caballero Artiles, Reinier Besse Díaz, Liliana Martínez Cantillo
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Advances in Ophthalmology & Visual System. 9:92-95
ISSN: 2377-4290
Popis: Introduction Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS caused by infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus HIV it is characterized by severe and progressive impairment of cellular immunity leading to opportunistic infections and neoplasms Objective Estimatethe frequency of ophthalmologic complications in a cluster of patients with HIV AIDS Method A descriptive and cross sectional study was conducted in patients with HIV AIDS in the municipality of Santiago de Cuba in order to estimate the frequency of the occurrence of ophthalmic complications according to selected variables a sample of patients was selected through a random sampling epidemiological and clinical variables were used as criteria expert Results The predominant sex was male and the age group most epidemiological connotation was that of years to There was a high frequency of ophthalmologic complications with patients representing with higher prevalence of retinopathy HIV with patients Conclusion AIDS remains a health problem estimated changes in their appearance in terms of age and sex with a higher number of men being non negligible way ophthalmologic complications especially those produced by microangiopathic vascular involvement
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