ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical care for HIV positive pregnant women who delivered in Slovakia from 1985 till 2008. BACKGROUND: National guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV have not yet been established. METHOD: Retrospective analysis of 14 HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants. Factors examined include maternal social, demographic, immunological and virological characteristics, method of HIV testing, antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium, mode of delivery, mode of infant feeding, pregnancy outcomes and HIV status of infants. CONCLUSIONS: Due to the increase in cases of HIV-infected pregnant women within the last several years, it would be advisable to create National Guidelines for PMTCT (Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission) in order to consolidate the care management in all HIV/AIDS care centers around Slovakia (Fig. 4, Ref. 7).
