Elvin H Geng

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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Understanding reasons for and outcomes of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral therapy programs in Africa through a sampling-based approach
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, Building 80, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 53:405-11. 2010
  2. ncbi Tracking a sample of patients lost to follow-up has a major impact on understanding determinants of survival in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Africa
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 15:63-9. 2010
  3. ncbi Retention in care among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings: emerging insights and new directions
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 7:234-44. 2010
  4. ncbi Retention in care and connection to care among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Africa: estimation via a sampling-based approach
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e21797. 2011
  5. ncbi Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009
    Elvin H Geng
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Int AIDS Soc 14:46. 2011
  6. ncbi The effect of AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 5164 on the time from Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia diagnosis to antiretroviral initiation in routine clinical practice: a case study of diffusion, dissemination, and implementation
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS, San Francisco General Hospital, and Department of Medicine, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 53:1008-14. 2011
  7. ncbi Diminishing availability of publicly funded slots for antiretroviral initiation among HIV-infected ART-eligible patients in Uganda
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
    PLoS ONE 5:e14098. 2010

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Understanding reasons for and outcomes of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral therapy programs in Africa through a sampling-based approach
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, Building 80, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 53:405-11. 2010
    ..We sought to characterize, through a sampling-based approach, reasons for and outcomes of patients who become lost to follow-up...
  2. ncbi Tracking a sample of patients lost to follow-up has a major impact on understanding determinants of survival in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Africa
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 15:63-9. 2010
    ..Losses to follow-up, however, are high in these settings and may lead to bias in understanding the determinants of mortality...
  3. ncbi Retention in care among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings: emerging insights and new directions
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 7:234-44. 2010
    ..Research to assess and improve retention in care for HIV-infected patients can be strengthened by incorporating novel methods such as sampling-based approaches and a causal analytic framework...
  4. ncbi Retention in care and connection to care among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Africa: estimation via a sampling-based approach
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e21797. 2011
    ..Yet many lost patients may have "silently" transferred and deaths shortly after the last clinic visit more likely represent limitations in clinical care rather than access to care after initial linkage...
  5. ncbi Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009
    Elvin H Geng
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Int AIDS Soc 14:46. 2011
    ..Regionally representative socio-demographic, laboratory and clinical characteristics of patients accessing ART over time and across sites have not been well described...
  6. ncbi The effect of AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 5164 on the time from Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia diagnosis to antiretroviral initiation in routine clinical practice: a case study of diffusion, dissemination, and implementation
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS, San Francisco General Hospital, and Department of Medicine, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 53:1008-14. 2011
    ..Subsequently, the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) HIV/AIDS Service performed the SFGH 5164 Initiative to disseminate and implement the findings of ACTG 5164...
  7. ncbi Diminishing availability of publicly funded slots for antiretroviral initiation among HIV-infected ART-eligible patients in Uganda
    Elvin H Geng
    Division of HIV AIDS, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
    PLoS ONE 5:e14098. 2010
    ..The impact of flat-line funding in the global scale up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected patients in Africa has not yet been well described...