Caring for patients with HIV infection. Management plan for family physicians.
Caring for and treating patients living with human immunodeficiency virus is challenging for busy family physicians. I present one strategy for managing patients with this complex infectious disease. Using averaged T4 blood cell counts as a marker of disease progression, I use antiretroviral treatment and preventive drug therapy against the complications of HIV infection.
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AIDS Care and Treatment Unit, Health Canada, Ottawa.
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D005194:Family Practice; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning