| Autor: |
J F, Figueiredo, M M, Lorenzato, S A, Silveira, A D, Passos, Rodrigues Md, L C, Galvão, H, Vannucchi |
| Rok vydání: |
2001 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 34(5) |
| ISSN: |
0037-8682 |
| Popis: |
Patients with Aids (n = 39) were followed up for a maximum period of 36 weeks, after which the types and topographies of infectious complications presented and patient survival were analyzed and correlated with the vitamin A levels presented by the patients at the beginning of clinical follow-up. Twenty-one (53,8%) patients presented serum retinol levels below 1.6 micromol/L, 12 (57%) of whom had values lower than 1.05 micromol/L. There was no correlation between low serum vitamin A levels and the types or topographies of the infectious complications that occurred during the follow-up period. Although mean survival at the end of the 36 months follow-up period was similar for the two groups, patients with retinol deficiency presented a lower probability of survival during the first 24 months of follow-up compared to patients without hypovitaminosis A (8.44 x 1.42 months; p = 0.003). |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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