HIV Infection: A Clinical Approach - Softcover

Fanning, Mary M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0721627927 ISBN 13: 9780721627922

Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

This practical, portable manual offers multidisciplinary coverage of the medical and psychosocial care of HIV patients. It provides comprehensive clinical guidelines for the evaluation and management of patients of all ages and backgrounds in a variety of clinical settings. Features: * Covers the full spectrum of care--from the counselling necessary before and after an HIV test, the medical monitoring advised...to nutrition issues and specific investigations and treatment for the complications of HIV...and the care and support needed in the final stages of the illness. * Provides thorough practical discussions of and guidelines for interaction with patients, their advocates, family, friends, volunteers, and treatment teams. * Offers separate chapters addressing the special needs of women, teens, children, and IV drug users in each stage of the illness. * Reviews the variety of HIV tests available--many of which are rarely covered in a practical way in texts. * Describes all newly approved drugs with their dosages and side effects. * Delivers an entire chapter on managing psychiatric symptoms. * Features full-color illustrations of common skin lesions. * Details the appropriate drugs for treatment, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, and appropriate approaches to drug reactions. Notable example: Protocols are given which can be used to desensitize the patient to an essential drug to which they have developed an allergy. New to this edition: * New coverage on: partnering in care, the role of advocacy in AIDS care, issues that health professionals may face in the care of HIV-infected women, children, and drug users, the role of nursing, the role of the multidisciplinary team, care for the caregiver, and institutional response to HIV care.

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HIV Infection - A Clinical Approach

Synopsis

This practical, portable manual offers multidisciplinary coverage of the medical and psychosocial care of HIV patients. It provides comprehensive clinical guidelines for the evaluation and management of patients of all ages and backgrounds in a variety of clinical settings. Features: * Covers the full spectrum of care--from the counselling necessary before and after an HIV test, the medical monitoring advised...to nutrition issues and specific investigations and treatment for the complications of HIV...and the care and support needed in the final stages of the illness. * Provides thorough practical discussions of and guidelines for interaction with patients, their advocates, family, friends, volunteers, and treatment teams. * Offers separate chapters addressing the special needs of women, teens, children, and IV drug users in each stage of the illness. * Reviews the variety of HIV tests available--many of which are rarely covered in a practical way in texts. * Describes all newly approved drugs with their dosages and side effects. * Delivers an entire chapter on managing psychiatric symptoms. * Features full-color illustrations of common skin lesions.

Edition details

• Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0721627927
• ISBN 13: 9780721627922
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376