HIV Management

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Commentary

Telemedicine

Telemedicine for HIV Care: Bringing Specialty Care to Inmates

07/23/2019

Dr Diana Finkel explains how telehealth has impacted her care for patients with HIV in a correctional facility.

07/23/2019

Management

Ending the HIV Epidemic With 2 New USPSTF Recommendations

07/02/2019

Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, from Stanford University, is the chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force. In this commentary, he writes about the Task Force’s latest guidelines on HIV screening and PrEP...

07/02/2019

HIV Management Snapshot

Reviewed by Daniel Erias, MD & Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH

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HIV is an infection caused by an enveloped retrovirus that weakens the immune system by reducing WBCs' ability to fight infections, bacterial infections, and certain cancers. Left untreated, HIV advances to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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Primary care providers, infectious disease specialists, OB/GYN, pharmacists, dietitians, nutritionists, dentists, emergency, family, and internal medicine specialists.

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Those with HIV may experience flu-like symptoms, including: Fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, rash, muscle aches, night sweats, mouth ulcers, chills, and fatigue. However, some with an acute infection may not experience symptoms.

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Despite high accuracy of diagnostic tests, there are no available options for detection immediately following infection. The type of test determines how quickly HIV is detected. Available tests: antibody, antigen/antibody, nucleic acid.

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75% of infectious disease specialists act as primary care for patients with HIV.

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New HIV Diagnoses By Age, 2020

Age 13-24: 20%
Age 25-34: 37%
Age 35-44: 20%
Age 45-54: 13%
Age 55 & older: 10%

Research Summaries

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AAP Updates Recommendations on HIV Screening

09/28/2023

Leigh Precopio

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new recommendations on screening for HIV in certain patient populations.

09/28/2023

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Directly Observed Therapy Accurately Measures PrEP Adherence

09/26/2023

Leigh Precopio

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence continues to be one of the main challenges for the elimination of HIV transmission. Researchers tested the use of an automated directly observed therapy...

09/26/2023

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Can Pitavastatin Lower the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with HIV?

08/15/2023

Anthony Calabro, MA

Patients with HIV have up to double the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease compared with the general population.

08/15/2023

roundtable wrap-up

A Closer Look at Integrase Inhibitors, Managing Cognitive Function in Older Adults With HIV

07/14/2023

Did you get the chance to view our Multidisciplinary Roundtable on some hot topics in treating patients with HIV? Here are some highlights that you may have missed.

07/14/2023

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CVD Risk Is Increased in Patients with HIV and NAFLD, Liver Fibrosis

04/26/2023

Leigh Precopio

To better understand the relationship between cardiovascular disease and liver disease in individuals with HIV, researchers examined both traditional risk factors and HIV-specific risk factors of the...

04/26/2023

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