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HIV-ASSOCIATED
NEPHROPATHY (HIVAN)
Renal disease a relatively
common complication in patients
with HIV
objectives
At the end of the session,the students
should be able to
◦ Discuss the relationship between HIV and
renal disease
◦ Define HIVAN
◦ Describe the clinical presentation,
investigations and treatment of HIVAN
Renal disease can result from
1. Direct kidney infection with HIV
2. Drugs—ART,drugs used in treatment of
opportunistic infections
3. Prerenal azotemia due to volume depletion due to
poor nutrition,nausea and vomiting
HIVAN defined
Classically a pentad
◦ Proteinuria
◦ Azotemia
◦ Normotension
◦ Normal to large kidneys on u/s
◦ Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis