Handbook of Pediatric HIV Care

This portable and 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 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.

• Practical pocketbook guide • Gives clear guidelines on best therapeutic and treatment options • Concise yet comprehensive

Contents

• Part I. Scientific Basis of Pediatric HIV Care;
• Part II. General Issues in the Care of Pediatric HIV Patients;
• Part III. Antiretroviral Therapy;
• Part IV. Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection in Children; 18. Dermatological problems in HIV-infected children or cutaneous diseases Andrew Blauvelt; 19. Neurologic problems Lucy Civitello; 20. Ophthalmologic (Ophthalmic) problems in the HIV-infected child Howard F. Fine, Susan S. Lee and Michael R. Robinson; 21. Oral health and dental problems in the HIV-infected child Jane C. Atkinson; 22. Otitis media and sinusitis in patients with HIV infection Ellen R. Wald and Barry Dashefsky; 23. Cardiac problems Gul H. Dadlani and Steven E. Lipshultz; 24. Pulmonary problems Lauren V. Wood; 25. Hematologic problems;
• Part V. Infectious Problems in Pediatric HIV Disease;
• Part VI. Medical Social and Legal Issues.

Reviews

'… 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