Paediatric HIV Care

HIV Treatment Bulletin Vol2 No3 SUPPLEMENT.1

Forward Introduction from i-Base Optimising treatment for HIV-positive children Treating HIV-positive children: the Dutch perspective Paediatric use of ABT-378/r (lopinavir/r) NNRTI-based 4-drug combinations Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) in the Netherlands Drug level monitoring in the UK A call for resistance testing A role for treatment interruptions? - roundtable Immune reconstitution in response to HAART Protocol for salvage therapy Lipodystrophy in children Helping children take HAART: taste and formulations Community support in France Simplifying adherence: use of PEG-tubes Reducing paediatric infections - ARV use in pregnancy Treatment for newly born babies Appendices Pill swallowing protocol Antiretrovirals used in paediatric treatment Guidelines and further reading TDM service at Liverpool University & reply form Attendee List

Paediatric HIV Care' is a report from the HIV i-Base meeting 'Optimising Options for Paediatric HIV Treatment - a focus on issues for current clinical care' held on Friday 27 October 2000 at London House, Bloomsbury.

Report:

Simon Collins and Polly Clayden.

Events co-ordinator: Andrew Moss, R.G.N.
Scientific advisor: Paul Blanchard
IT, Web and Administration Support: Paul Foster
Technical Support: Dean Bright
Transcription: Kevin Gardner
Illustrations: Beth Higgins
Photographs: Lesley Shearer

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Support for the meeting and this report was provided from The Monument Trust and the following pharmaceutical companies - Abbott Laboratories, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb and DuPont Pharmaceuticals.

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