Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Posted May 10, 2006 Dear Kishore, Dear Kishore, Here are latest guidelines on Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents, released on 4 May: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/AdultandAdolescentGL.pdf You can also access various slide sets and other resources from the following link: http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/Guidelines/GuidelineDetail.aspx?MenuItem=Guidelines & \ Search=Off & GuidelineID=7 & ClassID=1 Though the document is lengthy (it runs into 120 pages), it contains a wealth of information on several issues related to HIV/AIDS. I found it very useful – it answers several questions that we encounter in our clinical practice- and hope that you might find it useful too. The January 2006 (?)issue of JAPI (Journal of Association of Physicians of India) also carries Indian guidelines of the treatment and monitoring of HIV infected patients. This article is also available online. As for your patient, her viral load has fallen appreciably but why should her CD4 count also go down? I am unable to understand this. Could you have her CD4 counts re-checked? A delay in running the test for counting CD 4 cells is known to affect the test results- be sure that the test is run within three hours of collection of the sample. Best, SP On 9 May 2006 15:42:17 -0000, mgims <mgims > wrote: > > Quote
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Posted May 10, 2006 Dear Kishore, Here are latest Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents, released on 4 May: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/AdultandAdolescentGL.pdf You can also access various slide sets and other resources from the following link: http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/Guidelines/GuidelineDetail.aspx?MenuItem=Guidelines & \ Search=Off & GuidelineID=7 & ClassID=1 Though the document is lengthy (it runs into 120 pages), it contains a wealth of information on several issues related to HIV/AIDS. I found it very useful – it answers several questions that we encounter in our clinical practice- and hope that you might find it useful too. The January 2006 (?)issue of JAPI (Journal of Association of Physicians of India) also carries Indian guidelines of the treatment and monitoring of HIV infected patients. This article is also available online. As for your patient, her viral load has fallen appreciably but why should her CD4 count also go down? I am unable to understand this. Could you have her CD4 counts re-checked? A delay in running the test for counting CD 4 cells is known to affect the test results- be sure that the test is run within three hours of collection of the sample. Best, SP On 9 May 2006 15:42:17 -0000, mgims <mgims > wrote: > > Quote
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