Outpatient Management of HIV Infection
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Gewicht:
612 g
Format:
231x152x20 mm
Beschreibung:
This book presents a complete global examination of the complications, diagnoses, and management of HIV infections. This is essential for the HIV specialist and for those involved in HIV care. This book provides information on the constantly changing and expanding drug therapies and treatment strategies for HIV, the latest developments and frequently updated treatment guidelines, and a review of at the expansion and routinization of HIV testing.
Outpatient Management of HIV Infection
OVERVIEW OF HIV INFECTION: The laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection. General approach to HIV infection. Overview of HIV-related disorders. Symptom-oriented evaluation and management. Antiretroviral therapy. Therapy of selected serious HIV-related disorders and the immune reconstitution syndrome. SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Approach to substance abuse and care of the active injection drug using patient. Coinfection with tuberculosis or viral hepatitis. Issues of aging among HIV-infected individuals. Issues confronted by women. ORGANIZATION OF CARE: Systems of care: the model HIV program. Quality management in the care of HIV-infected individuals. The global effort against HIV/AIDS: issues in resource-deprived areas. Appendices: Antiretroviral drugs. Drugs used to prevent and/or treat HIV-related infections:Including tuberculosis and viral hepatitis.