dc.contributor.author | Ongulo, B A | |
dc.contributor.author | Oburra, H O | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-30T11:11:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-30T11:11:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East Africa Medical Journal.2010 Sep;87(9): 385-8 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23457817 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/18002 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES:
To determine the prevalence and type of hearing disorders in HIV positive patients not on anti - retroviral drugs (ARVs) and correlate this with the world health Organization (WHO) stage of HIV disease and CD4 positive cell counts.
DESIGN:
Case control study.
SETTING:
Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) and Voluntary Counseling and testing centre at Kenyatta National Hospital.
SUBJECTS:
One hundread and ninety four HIV positive patients attending CCC and 124 HIV negative subjects recruited from voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) centre.
RESULTS:
Hearing loss (HL) was present in 33.5% of HIV positive compared to 8.1% in negative subjects. No gender bias in HL Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) was the most common and the frequencies most 'affected were four-anti eight kHz
CONCLUSION:
Hearing loss is more prevalent in HIV positive individuals not on anti-retroviral drugs than negative normal subjects. Low CD4 cell count and advanced HIV diseases were associated with increased chance of having a hearing loss. Otological care should be part of the comprehensive care of HIV positive patients. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Hearing disorders | en |
dc.subject | HIV positive adult patients | en |
dc.subject | Anti-retroviral drugs | en |
dc.subject | Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
dc.title | Hearing disorders in HIV positive adult patients not on anti-retroviral drugs at Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi | en |