| Yazarlar |
Prof. Dr. Özkan GÖRGÜLÜ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Obesity is one of the most common health problems. According to the Turkish data, there were 2,000,000 people with a body mass index (BMI) above 40 in 2018. According to the 2017 data from the ministry of health, it is estimated that there are 17,884 registered and 30,000 non-registered HIV+ patients. In America and France, there are data showing that the incidence of obesity is increased in HIV (+) patients. The co-existence of obesity among HIV-infected patients is high, which has negative effects on the results of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). In the literature, the publications on this topic are limited; however, there are positive reports in terms of comorbidity control and response to treatment in case reports and several case series presentations published in recent years. In our case report, we aimed to present a patient with obesity and HIV (+) with the results. A 39-year-old male patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic with the complaint of overweight on 09.11. 2016. His history revealed that he had suffered weight problems for a long time, had diabetes and could not lose enough weight with diet. His physical examination showed that he did not undergo any operation and had no scars on his body other than tattoos. Endocrinology, psychiatry and dietician consultations, upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy and abdominal ultrasonography (USG) were performed for the patient with a height of 180 cm and a weight of 164 kg and a BMI of 50.6 in the evaluation. The patient who was scheduled for sleeve gastrectomy was diagnosed with AIDS during his routine preoperative evaluation. After the evaluation of infectious ... |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 11-2020 |
| Cilt No | 5 |
