{"id":1594,"date":"2009-06-03T07:31:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T06:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost.localdomain\/wpmu\/htb\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2015-03-09T15:13:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:13:24","slug":"hiv-and-hepatitis-coinfection-guidelines-online-for-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/1594","title":{"rendered":"HIV and hepatitis coinfection guidelines (2009): online for comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The draft 2009 BHIVA guidelines for the management of coinfection with HIV-1 and chronic hepatitis B or C are online and available for comment:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/cms1223977.asp\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/cms1223977.asp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2009 guidelines have been updated to incorporate all new relevant information since the previous versions in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The major changes\/amendments include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Combining the previously separate HBV and HCV guidelines into one document<\/li>\n<li>Increased discussion on hepatitis screening and prevention;<\/li>\n<li>Clarification on the role of liver biopsy and non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment;<\/li>\n<li>More emphasis on screening for delta virus;<\/li>\n<li>Increased discussion on end-stage liver disease management and HCC screening;<\/li>\n<li>Molecular diagnostic tests used for the diagnosis and management of HBV and HCV;<\/li>\n<li>Revised CD4-based guidance on the management of chronic HBV;<\/li>\n<li>Management of acute HBV;<\/li>\n<li>Revised guidance on the management of chronic HCV, including ART interactions;<\/li>\n<li>Management of acute HCV;<\/li>\n<li>Management of treatment non-responders and relapsers in both chronic HBV and HCV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Guidelines Writing Group is grateful for all comments, which will be reviewed before publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The draft 2009 BHIVA guidelines for the management of coinfection with HIV-1 and chronic hepatitis B or C are online and available for comment: http:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/cms1223977.asp The 2009 guidelines have been updated to incorporate all new relevant information since the previous &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guidelines","category-hepatitis-coinfection","category-bhiva-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}