2017
Lower Frailty Is Associated with Successful Cognitive Aging Among Older Adults with HIV
Wallace LM, Ferrara M, Brothers TD, Garlassi S, Kirkland SA, Theou O, Zona S, Mussini C, Moore D, Rockwood K, Guaraldi G. Lower Frailty Is Associated with Successful Cognitive Aging Among Older Adults with HIV. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2017, 33: 157-163. PMID: 27869500, PMCID: PMC5335777, DOI: 10.1089/aid.2016.0189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuccessful cognitive agingFrailty indexModena HIV Metabolic ClinicPlasma HIV viral loadOlder adultsCombination antiretroviral therapyHIV viral loadLower frailty indexHIV-Associated NonAverage chronologic ageCross-sectional analysisCognitive agingHANA conditionsAntiretroviral therapyViral loadAIDS conditionsMetabolic clinicLower frailtyFunctional impairmentClinical dataNeurocognitive disordersNumber of deficitsSCA participantsChronologic ageHIV
2014
The concomitant use of second-generation antipsychotics and long-term antiretroviral therapy may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk
Ferrara M, Umlauf A, Sanders C, Meyer JM, McCutchan J, Duarte N, Atkinson J, Grant I, Ellis RJ, Group T. The concomitant use of second-generation antipsychotics and long-term antiretroviral therapy may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Psychiatry Research 2014, 218: 201-208. PMID: 24794030, PMCID: PMC4082695, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond-generation antipsychoticsBody mass indexAntiretroviral therapyCardiovascular riskMultivariable modelExact testUse of SGAsHIV Neurobehavioral Research ProgramLong-term antiretroviral therapyHigher body mass indexHigher mean triglyceridesMetabolic syndrome componentsHuman immunodeficiency virusDiabetes mellitus incidenceLogistic multivariable modelFisher's exact testMean triglyceridesMetabolic complicationsHIV diseaseSerum lipidsSyndrome componentsArterial pressureMedication combinationsMass indexImmunodeficiency virusTreatment of Psychiatric Disorders in HIV
Ferrara M, Valero I, Moore D, Knight A, Duarte N, Atkinson J. Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in HIV. 2014, 157-210. DOI: 10.1002/9781118339503.ch4.ChaptersPsychiatric disordersCare of HIVHealth-related qualityQuality of lifeHIV dementiaAntiretroviral therapyOverall morbidityAntiretroviral medicationsHIV infectionNeurocognitive disordersPsychopharmacological treatmentPsychiatric symptomsPsychosocial distressHIVHealth outcomesMental illnessMild formBehavioral interventionsLower likelihoodDisordersLife qualityTreatmentInterventionMedicationsMorbidity