Cardiac Complications.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Editorial Note; Tables and Figures; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Notice; Abbreviations for Antiretroviral Agents; Other Abbreviations; 1. Overview of HIV Infection; Overview; Stages of HIV Infection; Acute HIV Infection; Differential Diagnosis; Signs and Symptoms; Laboratory Findings; Diagnostic Testing; Management; 2. Testing for HIV and Baseline Evaluation; HIV Diagnostic Testing; Whom to Test; Testing for HIV; HIV Antibody Tests; Selected Licensed HIV Diagnostic Tests; HIV Viral Load Assays; Uses; Assays and Interpretation.

IndicationsInitial Assessment of HIV-Infected Patients; Clinical Evaluation; Laboratory Testing; CD4 Cell Count; 3. Treatment of HIV Infection; Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy; Selection of an Optimal Initial Antiretroviral Regimen; Antiretroviral Therapy Adverse Effects; 4. Management OF the Treatment-Experienced Patient; Antiretroviral Treatment Failure; Virologic Response Definitions; Evaluation of Virologic Failure; Important Genotypic Resistance Patterns; Poor CD4 Recovery Despite Virologic Suppression; Regimen Switching in the Setting of Virologic Suppression (See Table 4-2).

General Principles of Regimen SwitchingRegimen Switch Strategies in the Setting of Drug Toxicity; 5. Prophylaxis and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections; Prophylaxis of Opportunistic Infections; Treatment of Opportunistic Infections; Aspergillosis, Invasive; Bacterial respiratory Diseases; Bartonella Infections; Campylobacteriosis; Candidiasis (Mucosal); Chagas Disease; Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea/Colitis; Coccidioidomycosis; Cryptococcal Meningitis; Cryptosporidiosis; Cytomegalovirus Disease; Hepatitis B Virus; Hepatitis C Virus; Herpes Simplex Virus Disease; HHV-8 Infection.

Histoplasma CapsulatumHuman Papillomavirus Disease; Isospora Belli Infection; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous; Malaria; Microsporidiosis; Mycobaterium Avium Complex Disease; Mycobaterium Tuberculosis; Penicilliosis; Pneumocystis Pneumonia; Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy; Salmonellosis; Shigellosis; Toxoplasma Gondii Encephalitis; Treponema Pallidum (Syphilis); Varicella-Zoster Virus Disease; 6. Complications of HIV Infection; Hematologic Complications; Thrombocytopenia/anemia; Neutropenia; Eosinophilia; Oncologic Complications; Kaposi's Sarcoma; Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Primary CNS LymphomaCervical/Anal Cancer; Endocrine Complications; Adrenal Insufficiency; Hypogonadism; Thyroid Disease; Pancreatitis; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Ovarian Complications; Bone Disease; Morphologic Complications of Therapy; Lipoatrophy; Fat Accumulation and Weight Gain; Prevention of Lipodystrophy; Lipid Abnormalities; Gastrointestinal Tract Complications; Anorexia; Nausea/vomiting; Diarrhea; Oral/esophageal ulcers; HIV cholangiopathy; Renal Complications; HIV-Associated; Medication-Related; HCV-Associated; Heroin Nephropathy; Inhibition of Tubular Secretion of Creatinine.

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Everything needed to manage HIV patients in the office, on the ward, and in the ICU. Incorporates clinical guidelines into a step-by-step guide to the diagnosis, evaluation, management, and prevention of HIV infection and its complications. Topics include: opportunistic infections and other HIV complications, treatment of HIV and pregnancy, antiretroviral drug summaries, post-exposure prophylaxis, as well as commercially available dosage forms for all ARVs.