title: Pediatric HIV/AIDS.
abstract: The number of children infected with HIV is growing, and new treatments are extending their survival. Nurses, including pediatric intensive care nurses, more frequently have to care for HIV-infected children. This article discusses the transmission of HIV in children, pediatric manifestations of the disease, staging, treatment, and prophylaxis. The complications, treatment, and psychosocial and ethical issues of the child with HIV in the pediatric intensive care unit are examined.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Czarniecki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dillman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D005190:Family; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*