       Document 0120
 DOCN  M9640120
 TI    Primary care of children with HIV infection.
 DT    9604
 AU    Forsyth BW; Yale University School of Medicine, Department of
       Pediatrics, New; Haven, CT 06510-8064, USA.
 SO    Curr Opin Pediatr. 1995 Oct;7(5):502-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96120874
 AB    As the number of children affected by the HIV epidemic increases, the
       primary care physician can have an important role in ensuring that these
       children receive comprehensive health care. Clinical aspects of
       pediatric HIV disease are reviewed, including the recently revised
       Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classification system.
       Important advances include the development and application of techniques
       for establishing in early infancy whether or not a child is infected.
       The implications for the use of these techniques are discussed, and
       recommendations are made for a system of coordinated care between the
       primary care physician and specialty clinic. Specific treatment
       approaches, such as the early introduction of Pneumocystis carinii
       pneumonia prophylaxis, antiretroviral medications, and the use of
       intravenous immunoglobulin, are discussed.
 DE    Antiviral Agents/THERAPEUTIC USE  AIDS Vaccines  AIDS-Related
       Opportunistic Infections/DIAGNOSIS/PREVENTION &  CONTROL/THERAPY  Child
       Child, Preschool  Human  HIV Enteropathy/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/*DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY  Immunization
       Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/THERAPEUTIC USE  Infant  Pneumonia,
       Pneumocystis carinii/DIAGNOSIS/PREVENTION & CONTROL/  THERAPY  *Primary
       Health Care  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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