Publications by authors named "N Perez-Alvarez"
Objectives: Identifying profiles of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and explore their association with different degrees of severity of COVID-19 outcomes (i.e. in-hospital mortality, ICU assistance, and invasive mechanical ventilation).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Advanced kidney disease is an emerging problem in people living with HIV despite sustained viral suppression.
Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study to identify people living with HIV with advanced kidney disease according to the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria and to assess disease progression over a 48-week period following the offer of targeted multidisciplinary management.
Results: From our cohort of 3090 individuals, 55 (1.
Optimal management of cardiovascular disease should start with the identification of subjects at subclinical stages. However, available tools are not always accurate or affordable. We assess the usefulness of ultrasound-guided measurement of abdominal fat layers as a surrogate marker of cardiovascular risk.
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- INSTIs are crucial in current HIV treatment but their effects on brain health are not well understood.
- A study compared cognitive and brain function outcomes in men with HIV starting INSTI therapy within 3 months versus after 6 months of infection, alongside a control group.
- Findings showed no significant cognitive differences between the two HIV groups after 48 weeks, but those diagnosed earlier had poorer functional status initially, which improved over time; however, later initiators had more decline in a specific brain area linked to decision-making.