Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
HIV/AIDS Bureau
Published January 2011
This manual was developed to provide HIV/AIDS clinicians with ready access to practical, current, treatment information so that they may provide quality care to people living with HIV.
Written and edited by expert clinicians who are part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWP) system, this document reflects the broad clinical expertise within the RWP.
Individual chapters are linked to related Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau Performance Measures, and where appropriate, are based on the various Department of Health and Human Services' clinical guidelines panels' recommendations.
- Introduction
- Editors and Contributors
- Section 1: The HIV Clinic: Providing Quality Care
- Section 2: Testing and Assessment
- Initial History
- Initial Physical Examination
- Initial and Interim Laboratory and Other Tests
- Interim History and Physical Examination
- HIV Classification: CDC and WHO Staging Systems
- CD4 Monitoring and Viral Load Testing
- Risk of HIV Progression/Indications for ART
- Primary HIV Infection
- Rapid HIV Testing
- Resistance Testing
- Karnofsky Performance Scale
- Section 3: Health Care Maintenance and Disease Prevention
- Occupational Postexposure Prophylaxis
- Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis
- Preventing HIV Transmission / Prevention with Positives
- Immunizations for HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents
- Preventing Exposure to Opportunistic and Other Infections
- Opportunistic Infection Prophylaxis
- Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- Smoking Cessation
- Nutrition
- Section 4: HIV Treatment
- Section 5: Common Complaints
- Section 6: Comorbidities, Coinfections and Complications
- Abnormalities of Body-Fat Distribution
- Dyslipidemia
- Insulin Resistance, Hyperglycemia, and Diabetes on Antiretroviral Therapy
- Coronary Heart Disease Risk
- Renal Disease
- Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
- Anal Dysplasia
- Candidiasis, Oral and Esophageal
- Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal
- Cervical Dysplasia
- Cryptococcal Disease
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cytomegalovirus Disease
- Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
- Hepatitis B Infection
- Hepatitis C Infection
- Herpes Simplex, Mucocutaneous
- Herpes Zoster/Shingles
- Histoplasmosis
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia
- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
- Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Sinusitis
- Syphilis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Section 7: ARV Interactions and Adverse Events
- Section 8: Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Section 9: Oral Health
- Section 10: Resources and References
Attribution
This publication was funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, under contract number HHSH231200533009C with WriteProcess, Inc. and the AETC National Resource Center.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
HIV/AIDS Bureau
Parklawn Building, Room 7-05
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857