Emergencies in HIV medicine--part I.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-87477
ABSTRACT
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is now a chronic manageable disease due to which is it imperative for reviewing various medical emergencies which an individual case may encounter. Emergencies may occur at any stage of the disease. HIV infection is associated with several opportunistic infections/malignancies that may be life threatening and need quick intervention by health care workers. These emergencies could be related to opportunistic infections that are seen at presentation or that occur as the immune system gets weaker, or may be HIV induced diseases like enteropathy and wasting, diarrhea leading to dehydration and its sequel, neurological complication like PML etc. and from complications resulting from use of anti-HIV medication like lactic acidosis, pancreatitis, bone marrow suppression and may include the immune reconstitution syndromes.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Humans
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HIV Infections
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Central Nervous System Diseases
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Risk Factors
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
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Anti-HIV Agents
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Diarrhea
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Emergency Medical Services
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Lung Diseases
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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