Information about these applications
is provided as a service. Use of the applications must comply
with the conditions defined by the system originators and/or
distributors.
The following guidelines are now available for download for the treatment of AIDS/HIV:
Adult and Adolescent Guidelines
Perinatal Guidelines
Pediatric Guidelines
Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents Guidelines
Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Children Guidelines.
references
Federal HIV treatment guidelines.
Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adult and Adolescents. Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents. Department of Health and Human Services. October 10, 2006; 1-113.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
issues guidelines to help doctors treat people with HIV in the
United States. Separate guidelines have been developed for:
treatment of adults and adolescents
treatment of children
treatment of pregnant women and prevention of
mother-to-child transmission of HIV
prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in
children
prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults.
The guidelines are written, reviewed, and updated by panels of
HIV experts from across the country. Panel members include
physicians, pharmacists, researchers, and HIV treatment
advocates.
Topics covered in the guidelines include:
the goals of HIV treatment
when to start treatment
monitoring of patient health
anti-HIV medication side effects and their management
anti-HIV medications for use during pregnancy
diagnosis of HIV infection in infants."
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