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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and World Health Organization have set various guidelines and recommendations to help the physicians and health care professionals involved in the care of HIV infected person.

Chapter Outline

This chapter list all the guidelines and recommendations by individual organizations and by specific topic.

Recommendations by Individual Organizations

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Screening HIV Pregnant Female and Infant | Counseling of Pregnant Women | Guidelines for Initiation of ART | Treatment of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women | Postpartum Follow-up and Treatment

• Guidelines for Pre-exposure Prophlaxis in Males having Sex with Men (MSM)

• Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents

National Institute of Health (NIH)

Diagnosis

• Laboratory Monitoring Schedule for Patients Prior to and After Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy | CD4 T-Cell Count | Plasma HIV RNA Testing | Drug-Resistance Testing | HLA-B*5701 Screening | Coreceptor Tropism Assays

Treatment

• Treatment-Naive Patients - Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy | Initial Combination Regimens

• Treatment-Experienced Patient - Virologic and Immunologic Failure | Exposure-Response Relationship and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

• Special Patient Populations - Acute HIV Infection | HIV-Infected Women | Older Patient

• Coinfections - HIV Coinfection with Hepatitis B | HIV Coinfection with Hepatitis C | HIV Coinfection with Tuberculosis | HIV-associated Nephropathy

World Health Organization

• Vitamin A Supplementation in Pregnancy for Reducing the Risk of Mother-to-Child Transmission

Recommendations by Specific Topic

HIV and Pregnancy

Screening : NIH: Identification of Perinatal HIV Exposure | CDC: Screening HIV Pregnant Female and Infant

Antepartum Care : Monitoring of the Woman and Fetus during Pregnancy

Intrapartum Care : Intrapartum Antiretroviral Therapy/Prophylaxis

Postpartum Care : Follow-up of HIV Infected Women and Perinatally Exposed Children | Infants Born To Mothers with Unknown HIV Infection | Postpartum Management | Follow-Up of Antiretroviral Drug-Exposed Infants

HIV in Pediatric age group

Screening : Identification of Perinatal HIV Exposure | Infants Born To Mothers with Unknown HIV Infection

Prophylaxis : Antiretroviral Prophylaxis

Diagnosis : Diagnosis of HIV Infection in Infants | Laboratory Monitoring (Before Initiation of Therapy)

Treatment : When to Initiate Therapy | What Drugs to Start | Recommended Regimens (Antiretroviral-naive Children)

Monitoring : Monitoring of Children on Antiretroviral Therapy

HIV in Adoloscence

Adherence to ART: Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Children and Adolescents