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Clinical Manifestations

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Clinical Manual
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Clinical Manual

In-Depth

  • Dermatologic Manifestations
    Toby A. Maurer, MD, and Timothy G. Berger, MD
    Addresses cutaneous abnormalities in infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, and hyperpigmented conditions
  • Neurologic Manifestations
    Dawn McGuire, MD
    Discusses neuropathogenesis, clinical neurologic disease, specific conditions and symptoms, and differential diagnoses of intracranial disorders
  • AIDS Dementia Complex
    Richard W. Price, MD
    Offers a general review of AIDS dementia complex
  • Pulmonary Manifestations
    Laurence Huang, MD
    Describes the frequency of respiratory symptoms, the spectrum of pulmonary illnesses, and a diagnostic approach to the evaluation of respiratory symptoms in HIV-infected patients
  • Cardiac Manifestations
    Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD
    Reviews prevalence, clinical manifestations, mechanisms of cardiac injury, cardiac findings at autopsy, echocardiographic abnormalities and myocardial involvement in HIV disease
  • Endocrine Manifestations
    Marc K. Hellerstein, MD
    Reviews adrenal, testicular, pituitary, pancreatic,calcium, and thyroid abnormalities in HIV infection
  • HIV-Associated Wasting
    Kathleen Mulligan, PhD, and Morris Schambelan, MD
    Includes pathophysiology, evaluation, interventions, and pharmacologic treatments
  • Hematologic Manifestations
    Donald W. Northfelt, MD
    Reviews the clinical manifestations, etiology, diagnosis, and therapy of common hematologic problems encountered in patients with HIV infection
  • Renal Manifestations
    Andy I. Choi, MD, MAS, and Rudolph A. Rodriguez, MD
    Reviews acute renal failure (ARF) and fluid and electrolyte disorders, and discusses the pathogenesis and treatment of HIVAN, other HIV-associated glomerular diseases, and management of ESRD
  • Gastrointestinal Manifestations
    Johannes Koch, MD, Lawrence S. Kim, MD, and Scott Friedman, MD
    Discusses gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea, weight loss, dysphagia and odynophagia due to esophagitis, abdominal pain, and anorectal disease
  • Ophthalmic Manifestations
    Irma Ahmed, MD, Everett Ai, MD, and Alan Luckie, MB, ChB
    Includes anterior segment and posterior segment diseases
  • Otolaryngologic Manifestations
    Kelvin C. Lee, MD, and Thomas A. Tami, MD
    Addresses several entities (KS, NHL, lymphadenopathy, lymphoid hyperplasia, herpes zoster) that occur in or may affect several anatomic regions of the head and neck
  • Oral Manifestations
    Deborah Greenspan, DSC, BDS
    Overview of oral lesions most frequently associated with HIV disease, including
  • Rheumatologic and Musculoskeletal Manifestations
    Nancy Lane, MD
    Reviews some of the musculoskeletal syndromes that occur in HIV-infected patients, including manifestations of drug toxicity, reactive arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, infectious arthritis, and myositis
  • Radiographic Assessment of HIV-Related Diseases
    Philip C. Goodman, MD
    Addresses the main uses and findings of radiographic imaging for HIV-related disease

Clinician Tools

  • The Image Library
    Images of clinical symptoms of HIV, including dermatological, pulmonary, ophthalmic, and oral manifestations
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