LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

High incidence of hypertriglyceridemia in a Brazilian cohort of people living with HIV/AIDS undergoing antiretroviral treatment in Belo Horizonte, 2001-2010

Mendicino, Cássia Cristina Pinto; Braga, Letícia Pena; Pádua, Cristiane Aparecida Menezes de; Guimarães, Mark Drew Crosland.

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 49 (6), 2016

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Hypertriglyceridemia incidence should be estimated in HIV-infected patients after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of HIV-infected adults at 3 public referral centers. Cumulative and person-time incidences were estimated ...

Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/efectos adversos, Brasil/epidemiología, Infecciones por VIH/tratamiento farmacológico, Hipertrigliceridemia/inducido químicamente, Hipertrigliceridemia/epidemiología, Incidencia, Estimación de Kaplan-Meier, Análisis de Regresión, Estudios Retrospectivos, Factores de Tiempo

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PEG-asparaginase induced severe hypertriglyceridemia

Asparaginase (ASP) is an effective chemotherapy agent extensively used in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). There has been a recent interest in using ASP in adults with ALL, particularly the less toxic pegylated (PEG) formulation. Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a rare complication of PEG-ASP...