Handbook of Pediatric HIV Care

Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2nd ed., 5/4/2006
EAN 9780521529068, ISBN10: 0521529069

Paperback, 902 pages, 19.8 x 13 x 4.6 cm
Language: English

This portable and practical handbook, first published in 2006, provides a concise guide to the essentials of pediatric HIV care in a form suitable for doctors in the busy hospital setting. During recent 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 therapies and approaches to management are complicated, but the long-term health of HIV-infected children depends on their correct application. This handbook presents the core information and guidelines necessary for effective management of infected children. Two other important themes are ways to minimise mother-to-infant transmission, and the challenges of looking after these children in resource-poor countries.

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Scientific Basis of Pediatric HIV Care
1. The scientific basis of pediatric HIV care
2. The epidemiology of pediatric HIV disease/infection
Part II. General Issues in the Care of Pediatric HIV Patients
3. Diagnosis of HIV infection in children
4. Prevention of mother-to-child/vertical transmission of HIV
5. Routine pediatric care
6. Emergency evaluation and care
7. Adherence to therapy in pediatric HIV disease or adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children and youth
8. Adolescents and HIV
9. Growth, nutrition and metabolism
10. Neurodevelopmental/neurobehavioral function and assessment of children and adolescents with HIV-1 infection
Part III. Antiretroviral Therapy
11. Antiretroviral therapy
12. Antiretroviral drug interactions
13. Metabolic complications of antiretroviral therapy in children
14. Assessment and management of resistance to antiretroviral or HIV drug resistance
15. Initiating and changing antiviral therapy
16. Therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatric HIV infection
17. HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for pediatric patients
Part IV. Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection in Children
18. Dermatological problems in HIV-infected children or cutaneous diseases
19. Neurologic problems
20. Ophthalmologic (Ophthalmic) problems in the HIV-infected child
21. Oral health and dental problems in the HIV-infected child
22. Otitis media and sinusitis in patients with HIV infection
23. Cardiac problems
24. Pulmonary problems
25. Hematologic problems
diagnosis and management
26. Gastrointestinal disorders of HIV disease
27. Renal disease in or associated with pediatric HIV (or HIV-1) infection
28. Endocrinologic problems or endocrine disorders
29. HIV-associated malignancies in children or neoplastic disease in pediatric HIV infection
Part V. Infectious Problems in Pediatric HIV Disease
30. Typical bacterial infections or serious infections caused by typical bacteria
31. Mycobacterium tuberculosis or tuberculosis
32. Atypical mycobacteria or disseminated mycobacterium avium complex infection
33. Fungal infections in HIV-infected children
34. Herpesvirus infections
35. Pneumocystis carinii (PCP)
Part VI. Medical Social and Legal Issues
36. Medical issues related to the care for HIV-infected children in the home, day care, school and community
37. Contact with social service agencies in pediatric HIV care delivery
38. Psychosocial factors associated with childhood bereavement and grief
39. Legal issues for HIV-infected children
Appendices
Formulary/drug ready reference
NIH-sponsored clinical trials for pediatric HIV disease
Online resources
Legal appendix
Index.

'... 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