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Title
Managing the older adult patient with HIV [electronic resource] / Giovanni Guaraldi, Julian Falutz, Chiara Mussi, Ana Rita Silva, editors.
ISBN
9783319201313 (electronic book)
331920131X (electronic book)
9783319201306
Published
Cham : Adis, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 227 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-20131-3 doi
Call Number
RA643.8
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.19697/920084/6
Summary
This concise, clinically focused pocket guide offers a complete overview of HIV in the older patient and reviews the latest guidelines, treatment options, clinical trials, and management of HIV within this subgroup. The easily accessible text offers infectious disease specialists and other health care professionals with an excellent quick reference tool, with full color tables and figures enhancing the text further. HIV is a chronic disease that affects the immune system, leading to AIDS. As treatments have progressed and patients with HIV are living longer a new aspect has to be taken in to consideration when treating HIV and other conditions. Comorbidities are rife within older adults with HIV, as many of the treatments for HIV cause long-term side effects, such as heart conditions and cancer. Special consideration must be taken to ensure no toxic drug-drug interactions between treatments.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 19, 2016).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319201306
Introduction
Pathophysiology of HIV/AIDS
HIV associated non-AIDS conditions in patients aging with HIV
Comorbid conditions and older adults with HIV
Frailty in HIV
Disability
Geriatric syndromes
HIV prevention and screening in older adults
Multidimensional geriatric assessment in older patients with HIV
Antiretroviral treatment in older patients
HIV, aging, and polypharmacy
Nutrition and physical exercise in older patients with HIV
Smoking cessation in patients with HIV
Self-management.
