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HIV/AIDS Clinical Care Top Stories of 2009: Most Read
ANTIRETROVIRAL ROUNDS
Stuck in the Middle
- July 27, 2009
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
A clinician sustains a needlestick from a patient who refuses HIV testing. An HIV physician, an attorney, and an ethicist weigh in on how best to manage.
NEWS IN CONTEXT
Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) and HIV
- May 4, 2009
- Carlos del Rio, MD, and Juan Sierra-Madero, MD
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
The CDC offers guidance for HIV-infected patients potentially exposed to swine flu.
LETTER TO READERS
Readers vs. Experts on the Question of Informed Consent and Possible Occupational Exposure to HIV
- August 10, 2009
- Paul E. Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
Experts say observe the law; readers say test the patient.
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Has HIV Become More Virulent?
- April 13, 2009
- Charles B. Hicks, MD
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
Researchers attempted to answer this question by evaluating changes in initial CD4-cell counts during a 23-year study period.
- Reviewing:
- Crum-Cianflone N et al. Clin Infect Dis 2009 May 1; 48:1285
ANTIRETROVIRAL ROUNDS
Happy 50th? Sedation for Colonoscopy in HIV-Infected Patients
- April 6, 2009
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
We asked three experts — two pharmacologists and a gastroenterologist — about their approaches to sedation in HIV-infected patients receiving ritonavir.
MEETING REPORT
Report from the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
- March 9, 2009
- Paul E. Sax, MD
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
Our physician-editors weigh in on the most clinically relevant findings from the meeting.
ANTIRETROVIRAL ROUNDS
When Your Patient Is Too Busy to Take Meds
- May 18, 2009
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
Two experts describe how they would encourage adherence in an AIDS patient already overburdened with work and family responsibilities.
ANTIRETROVIRAL ROUNDS
Should We Mess with Success?
- June 29, 2009
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
Should the regimens be changed for three patients who have undetectable viral loads and normal or near-normal CD4-cell counts and are tolerating their treatments well?
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE WATCH
Primary Care for HIV-Infected Patients — New IDSA Guidelines
- August 24, 2009
- Charles B. Hicks, MD
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
The recommendations encompass both HIV-specific care and overall health maintenance.
- Reviewing:
- Aberg JA et al. Clin Infect Dis 2009 Sep 1; 49:651
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Stem-Cell Transplantation Enables Long-Term HIV Control
- February 13, 2009
- Abigail Zuger, MD
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
A leukemia patient lost his CCR5 receptors and achieved remission of both leukemia and HIV infection.
- Reviewing:
- Hütter G et al. N Engl J Med 2009 Feb 12; 360:692
Levy JA. N Engl J Med 2009 Feb 12; 360:724
