AIDS (London), 2009-09, Vol.23 (14), p.1913-1916, Article 1913
2009
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- Titel
- Comparison of previous and present World Health Organization clinical staging criteria in HIV-infected Malawian children
- Ist Teil von
- AIDS (London), 2009-09, Vol.23 (14), p.1913-1916, Article 1913
- Ort / Verlag
- Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2009
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- In many settings, HIV infected children are looked after with limited access to CD4 cell count or viral load. The decision to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) is made clinically, based on the WHO paediatric staging criteria, which were revised in 2006. Results of using new and old criteria were compared. Of 694 children, 626 (90.2%) fulfilled criteria to start ART when applying the new WHO staging guidelines, whereas 330 (47.6%) children were eligible for ART when using the old WHO criteria. This signifies a marked rise in the number of paediatric patients qualifying for ART on clinical grounds.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0269-9370eISSN: 1473-5571DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832f7b39Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_734017644
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- Schlagworte
- AIDS/HIV, Anti-HIV Agents - administration & dosage, Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use, antiretroviral therapy, Biological and medical sciences, CD4 antigen, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Child, Child, Preschool, Children, Cross-Sectional Studies, Developing Countries, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, HIV Infections - drug therapy, HIV Infections - immunology, HIV Infections - virology, HIV-1 - isolation & purification, Human immunodeficiency virus, Human viral diseases, Humans, Immunodeficiencies, Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies, Immunopathology, Infectious diseases, Malawi, Male, Medical sciences, Pediatrics, Viral diseases, Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids, Viral Load, World Health Organization