Nutritional aspects of HIV-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy.
The presentation of the nutritional problems of HIV-infected children is changing over time with improved antiretroviral regimens. Early reports of HIV infection in the 1980s, included such problems as malnutrition and wasting. However, as treatment and prophylactic regimens improve, the current nutritional problems of HIV-infected children in developed countries include truncal obesity and insulin resistance in addition to malnutrition. Background data on the wasting syndrome, etiology of malnutrition, nutritional effects of highly active antiretroviral therapies, and nutritional intervention strategies for HIV-infected children will be presented.
Miller
Tracie L
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Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Box 667, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. Tracie_Miller@urmc.rochester.edu
D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D002648:Child; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019247:HIV Wasting Syndrome / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019290:Megestrol Acetate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition
D019290:Megestrol Acetate