Benefits and risks of rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Ford, Nathan; Migone, Chantal; Calmy, Alexandra; Kerschberger, Bernhard; Kanters, Steve; Nsanzimana, Sabin; J. Mills, Edward; Meintjes, Graeme; Vitória, Marco; Doherty, Meg; Shubber, Zara

doi:10.1097/qad.0000000000001671

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Benefits and risks of rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Published in AIDS • Nov 6, 2017

Authors:

Nathan Ford

Chantal Migone

Alexandra Calmy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent attention has focused on the question of how quickly antiretroviral therapy (ART) should be started once HIV diagnosis is confirmed. We assessed whether rapid ART initiation improves patient outcomes. METHODS: We searched five databases from inception up to August 2017. Rapid ART ...

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Relative risk

Medicine

Confidence interval

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