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HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know—Health Information for Patients


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These fact sheets are intended for use by people recently diagnosed with HIV infection or those who are considering starting HIV treatment. The fact sheets are designed as a series but may be used as stand-alone documents. Information in these fact sheets is based on Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents.

These fact sheets address the following topics:

  • Testing HIV positive—Do I have AIDS?
  • Seeing an HIV doctor
  • Starting anti-HIV medications
  • Recommended HIV treatment regimens
  • Approved medications to treat HIV infection
  • Is my treatment regimen working?
  • HIV treatment regimen failure
  • Changing my HIV treatment regimen
  • What is treatment adherence?
  • Adhering to my HIV treatment regimen
  • Understanding HIV prevention

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/HIVandItsTreatment_cbrochure_en.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software.)

Developer

AIDSinfo

Funding Sources

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


QualityTool Topic

Disease/Condition-Related


Links to National Guideline Clearinghouse or National Quality Measures Clearinghouse:

This tool is derived from the following guideline in the National Guideline Clearinghouse: Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents:
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=12195&nbr=6292

History

  • Release Date: 10/2004
  • Review Date: 02/2008
  • Recent Summary: 03/2008
  • Original Summary: 04/2005
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QualityTool Classification
Disease/Clinical Category: spacer Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV
Stage of Care: spacer Chronic care
Setting of Care: spacer Ambulatory Setting > Physician office (individual), Physician office (group practice)
Patient Care Process: spacer Preventive Care Processes > Primary prevention; Active Care Processes: Diagnosis and Treatment > Assessment; Chronic-disease management; Laboratory tests; Medication: ordering, transcription, administration, dispensing; Patient-Focused Processes/Psychosocial Care > Improving patient self-management; Patient education; Provider-patient communication
IOM Domains of Quality: spacer Effectiveness; Patient-centeredness
QualityTool Format: spacer Fact sheet
QualityTool Topic: spacer Disease/Condition-Related
Developer: spacer AIDSinfo
Funding Sources: spacer U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

Last updated: October 15, 2008.

 

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