HANDBOOK OF PEDIATRIC HIV CARE

This portable and practical handbook provides a concise guide to the essentials of pediatric HIV care in a form suitable for doctors in the busy hospital setting. During the past few years, many agents for the treatment and prophylaxis of HIV infection and the opportunistic infections that accompany HIV infection have been developed, and many new ways of monitoring HIV infection in children have been produced. These new therapies and approaches to management are complicated, but the long-term health of HIV-infected children depends on their correct application. This handbook presents the core information and guidelines necessary for effective management of infected children. Two other important themes are ways to minimise mother-to-infant transmission, and the challenges of looking after these children in resource-poor countries.

1 The scientific basis of pediatric HIV care Sherilyn Smith, Ann Melvin, Steven L. Zeichner, Elizabeth McFarland, Paul Palumbo and Grace Aldrovandi
2. The epidemiology of pediatric HIV disease/infection Mary Lou Lindegren
Part II. General Issues in the Care of Pediatric HIV Patients:
3. Diagnosis of HIV infection in children Paul Krogstad
4. Prevention of mother-to-child/vertical transmission of HIV Jennifer S. Read
5. Routine pediatric care Elaine Abrams, Rachel Y. Moon, Lisa-Gaye Robinson and Russell B. Van Dyke
6. Emergency evaluation and care James M. Callahan
7. Adherence to therapy in pediatric HIV disease or adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children and youth John Farle
8. Adolescents and HIV Sandra Cely, Ligia Peralta, Bret R. Rudy and Sandra Cely
9. Growth, nutrition and metabolism Caroline J. Chantry and Jack Moye Jr
10. Neurodevelopmental/neurobehavioral function and assessment of children and adolescents with HIV-1 infection Pamela L. Wolters
Part III. Antiretroviral Therapy:
11. Antiretroviral therapy Ross McKinney Jr

12. Antiretroviral drug interactions Thomas N. Kakuda, Courtney V. Fletcher
13. Metabolic complications of antiretroviral therapy in children Carol J. Worrell
14. Assessment and management of resistance to antiretroviral or HIV drug resistance Frank Maldarelli
15. Initiating and changing antiviral therapy Lynne M. Mofenson and Leslie K. Serchuck
16. Therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatric HIV infection Stephen C. Piscitell
17. HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for pediatric patients Peter L. Havens and Kenneth L. Domingue
Part IV. Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection in Children
18. Dermatological problems in HIV-infected children or cutaneous diseases Andrew Blauvelt
19. Neurologic problems Lucy Civitello
20. Ophthalmologic (Ophthalmic) problems in the HIV-infected child Howard F. Fine, Susan S. Lee and Michael R. Robinson