Abdulsalam Aleid, Mohammed W ALjayyar, Mohammed B Algrafi, Husain M Kateb, Sarah F Alenazi, Mohammed Almousa, Mohammed A Mohammed, Mohammed Al-Ghareeb, Abbas Al Mutair, Khalid N Almulhim
Epidemiology and Management of Poisoning Cases in the Emergency Room: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia
Cureus
acquired immune deficiency virus caused human immunodeficiency virus significant global health concern subsaharan africa particularly ethiopia faces high prevalence human immunodeficiency virus lowincome settings like ethiopia early mortality rates elevated due severe opportunistic infections advanced disease antiretroviral treatment initiation despite available treatments delayed treatment initiation among human immunodeficiency virus infected individuals africa including ethiopia leads disease progression increased mortality risk study aimed identify factors contributing death hiv patients treatment second line regimen public hospitals north wollo waghemira zones retrospective cohort study 474 patients conducted selected hospitals north wollo waghemira zones parametric weibull regression model employed adjusted hazard ratio served measure association variables significantly affected outcome study determined pvalue 005 along 95 confidence interval variables patients within average age 386standard deviation 125 years majority 4557 formal education overall death incidence rate among secondline antiretroviral treatment patients 198 per 100person years 95 ci 1429 poor adherence antiretroviral treatment male gender underweight significantly increased hazard death conversely increased antiretroviral treatment duration significant negative impact reducing hazard death among patients study reveals high incidence death among second line antiretroviral treatment users independent predictors include poor adherence male gender underweight status significantly increasing risk death positive side hazard death decreases longer antiretroviral treatment duration critical concern counseling given better art adherence change nutritional status males