Renal impairment in HIV infected patients receiving tenofovir-based antiretroviral therapy in a South African hospital

dc.contributor.authorSeedat, Faheem
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-18T12:39:56Z
dc.date.available2017-10-18T12:39:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Medicine in the branch of Internal Medicine Johannesburg, 2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractObjective: There is limited data describing acute kidney injury (AKI) in HIV-infected adult patients in resource-limited settings where increasingly, tenofovir (TDF), which is potentially nephrotoxic, is prescribed. We describe risk factors for, and prognosis of AKI in HIV-infected individuals receiving and naïve to TDF. Methods: This was a prospective case cohort study of hospitalized HIV-infected adults with AKI (as defined by the 2012 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for AKI) stratified by TDF exposure. Adults (≥18 years) were recruited: clinical and biochemical data was collected at admission; their renal recovery, discharge or mortality was ascertained as an in-patient and, subsequently, to a scheduled 3-month follow-up. Results: Amongst this predominantly female (61%), almost exclusively black African cohort of 175 patients with AKI, 93 (53%) were TDF exposed; median age was 41 years (IQR 35-50). Median CD4 count and VL and creatinine at baseline was 116 cells/mm3 and 110159 copies/ml, respectively. A greater proportion of the TDF group had severe AKI on admission (61% v 43% p=0.014); however, both groups had similar rates of newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) (52%) and NSAID (32%) use. Intravenous fluid was the therapeutic mainstay; only 7 were dialyzed. Discharge median serum creatinine (SCr) was higher in the TDF group (p=0.032) and fewer in the TDF group recovered renal function after 3-months (p=0.043). 3-month mortality was 27% in both groups but 55% of deaths occurred in hospital. Those that died had a higher SCr and more severe AKI than survivors; TB was diagnosed in 33 (70%) of those who died. Conclusions: AKI was more severe and renal recovery slower in the TDF group; comorbidities, risk factors and prognosis were similar regardless of TDF exposure. Because TB is linked to higher mortality, TB co-infection in HIV-infected patients with AKI warrants more intensive monitoring. In all those with poor renal recovery, our data suggests that a lower threshold for dialysis is needed.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT2017en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/23269
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.meshHIV Acute Kidney Injury
dc.titleRenal impairment in HIV infected patients receiving tenofovir-based antiretroviral therapy in a South African hospitalen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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