East Mediterr Health J
October 2024
Background: By 2021, Pakistan had an estimated 210 000 people living with HIV (PLHIV), and 27% of those initiated into treatment in 2020 had disengaged from care within one year.
Aim: We assessed the effectiveness of an intervention to re-engage PLHIV lost to follow-up into care in Pakistan.
Methods: Between September 2020 and May 2021, the Association of People Living with HIV (APLHIV) implemented a search and rescue intervention for PLHIV lost to follow-up in 2 large treatment centres in Pakistan.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that can also affect the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The GIT symptoms are common in SLE patients, occurring in up to 40%-50% of the patients and may involve almost any organ along the GIT. Abdominal pain is the most common symptom, and an important cause of this is lupus mesenteric vasculitis (LMV).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Hospital-acquired infections in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) account for an increase in morbidity and mortality leading to serious health complications. This study aims to determine the effect of a multimodality approach including disinfection and physical separation on the infections prevailing in ICU.
Methods: The study employed prospective cross-over analysis to assess the 738 individuals (560 males and 178 females) at the ICU, Aseer Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia.