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Adult HIV - What health professionals need to know
Catherine Orrell
Adult HIV - What health professionals need to know
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Adult HIV was developed by doctors and nurses with wide experience in the care of adults with HIV, under the auspices of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation at the University of Cape Town. The book aims to enable healthcare workers at primary-care clinics to manage all aspects of HIV-related patient care.



Adult HIV covers:


  • an introduction to HIV infection


  • management of HIV-infected adults at primary-care clinics


  • preparing patients for antiretroviral treatment


  • antiretroviral drugs


  • starting and maintaining patients on antiretroviral treatment


  • an approach to opportunistic infections.


Test material and print available at Bettercare.
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-920218-17-1
Cover
Title page
Disclaimer
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
About the Bettercare series
Why decentralised learning?
Books in the Bettercare series
Format of the courses
Contributors
Updating the course material
Contact information
1 HIV infection
Objectives
Introduction to HIV infection
The spread of HIV
Screening for HIV infection
Clinical presentation of HIV infection
Clinical stages of HIV infection
Common complications of HIV infection
WHO staging system for HIV infection in adults and adolescents
Case study 1
Case study 2
Case study 3
Case study 4
2 Managing people with HIV infection
Objectives
General management
The role of the community
Counselling
Monitoring immune function
Palliative and terminal care
Case study 1
Case study 2
Case study 3
Case study 4
3 Preparation for antiretroviral treatment
Objectives
Indication for antiretroviral treatment
Referral for antiretroviral treatment
Problems with starting antiretroviral treatment
Preparing for antiretroviral treatment
Screening visits
Case study 1
Case study 2
Case study 3
Case study 4
4 Antiretroviral drugs
Objectives
Introduction to antiretroviral treatment
Classes of antiretroviral drugs
Standardised regimens for antiretroviral treatment
Antiretroviral medication
Side effects of antiretroviral drugs
Case study 1
Case study 2
Case study 3
Case study 4
Case study 5
5 Management of patients on antiretroviral treatment
Objectives
Starting antiretroviral treatment
Follow-up visits
Monitoring the response to antiretroviral treatment
Problems with antiretroviral treatment
Adherence
Drug resistance
Treatment failure
Drug interactions
Drug interruptions
Side effects of antiretroviral agents
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)
Quality of life
Expense
Case study 1
Case study 2
Case study 3
Case study 4
Case study 5
Dosing for patients on first-line combination
Dosing for patients on second-line combination
6 HIV-associated infections
Objectives
Common HIV-associated infections
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Infections of the central nervous system
Tuberculosis co-infection
Case study 1
Case study 2
Case study 3
Case study 4
6A Skills workshop: Screening tests for HIV
Objectives
A. Equipment needed to perform an HIV rapid test
B. The method of performing the HIV rapid test
C. Reading the results of the HIV rapid test
D. The interpretation of the HIV rapid test
E. Management if the HIV rapid test is positive
F. Management if the first HIV rapid test is positive but the second is negative
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