This handbook is a guide for the clinician caring for HIV-infected children. It presents practical strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV and HIV-associated opportunistic infections and addresses the medical, social and legal problems encountered in the care of these children. Coverage includes brief explanations of the specialized diagnostic tests used to monitor HIV patients and outlines of typical follow-up schedules. Also included are chapters on prophylaxis for opportunistic infections, emergency care, adolescents and HIV, nutritional support, and nuerodevelopmental function and assessment. The text also covers strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy and managing HIV-assoicated organ system disorders, neoplasms, and opportunistic infections.
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'... 40% of the chapters are authored or coauthored by clinicians and researchers at the US National Institutes of Health. This gives the book a different perspective than most pediatric clinical references ... The authors of [this book] have written a well-constructed clinical reference that provides detailed scientific and epidemiologic data as well as practical guidelines for managing children with HIV.' Journal of the American Medical Association
'Handbook of Pediatric HIV Care by Steven L. Zeichner and Jennifer S. Read, both from National Institutes of Health, has accomplished the outstanding task of updating recent advances in management of pediatric HIV infection and integrating new information with previous essential knowledge.' Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
'Handbook of Pediatric HIV Care by Steven L. Zeichner and Jennifer S. Read, both from National Institutes of Health, has accomplished the outstanding task of updating recent advances in management of pediatric HIV infection and integrating new information with previous essential knowledge.' Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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This practical handbook provides a concise guide to the essentials of pediatric HIV care in a form suitable for doctors in the busy hospital setting. During the past few years, many agents for the treatment and prophylaxis of HIV infection and the opportunistic infections that accompany HIV infection have been developed, and many new ways of monitoring HIV infection in children have been produced. These new therapies are complicated and their correct application is paramount. This handbook presents the core information and guidelines necessary for effective management of infected children.
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