Primary care of veterans with HIV / Office of Clinical Public Health Programs for the Public Health Strategic Health Care Group, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Ross, David, MD, PhD

Coffey, Susa

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Office of Clinical Public Health Programs

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Public Health Strategic Health Care Group

Series:

Information bulletin (United States. Department of Veterans Affairs) ; 10-227.

IB ; 10-227

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HIV-positive persons--Medical care--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

HIV-positive persons.

Primary care (Medicine)--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Primary care (Medicine).

Veterans--Medical care--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Veterans.

Comorbidity.

HIV Infections--drug therapy.

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active--adverse effects.

HIV Infections--mortality.

Primary Health Care--methods.

United States.

Multimorbidity.

veterans.

HIV-positive persons--Medical care.

Veterans--Medical care.

Medical Subjects:

HIV Infections--drug therapy.

Veterans.

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active--adverse effects.

Comorbidity.

HIV Infections--mortality.

Primary Health Care--methods.

United States.

Multimorbidity.

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

handbooks.

Handbooks and manuals

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, DC] : Office of Clinical Public Health Programs, Veterans Health Administration, [2009]

Summary:

Veterans with HIV infection represent the future wave of the HIV epidemic. Compared with the overall HIV-infected population in the United States, veterans with HIV are older, more likely to be members of minority groups, and more likely to have a history of substance use. Thus, it is not surprising that they are experiencing an increasing burden of medical and psychiatric comorbid disease. Depending upon the study cited, approximately 60% of the deaths occurring among individuals with HIV infection are now attributed to "non-AIDS" causes. That does not mean those conditions are unassociated with HIV disease or its treatment. Many of the most common and serious comorbid conditions, including liver fibrosis/cirrhosis, anemia, renal insuffi ciency or failure, selected cancers, thrombosis, intracranial hemorrhage, and obstructive lung disease, are more likely to occur among HIV-infected individuals than among uninfected, demographically similar controls. It must be recognized that HIV infection has become a complex, chronic disease. Although this disease is substantially improved by antiretroviral treatment, some individuals experience substantial toxicities from treatment. As individuals age with HIV infection, organ injury associated with HIV infection, aging-related comorbid illnesses, and substance use and abuse likely will lead to even more "non-AIDS" mortality. We must learn to prioritize and coordinate screening and treatment for important comorbid conditions while maintaining excellence in the care of HIV infection. This manual offers a practical approach to addressing many of these issues. Further, it attempts to appropriately tailor recommendations to the special issues facing patients who are receiving treatment for HIV infection.

Notes:

Title from PDF cover.

"April 2009."

"P96188."

Editor-in-chief: David Ross ; editor and author: Susa Coffey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Primary care of veterans with HIV.

OCLC:

466878334