ID Mini-Series: HIV Treatment: The Initial Appointment (05/16/2017)
Details
Starts at: May 16, 2017 12:00pm ET
Ends at: May 16, 2017 12:30pm ET
Free Admission
Description
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Identify the elements of an initial assessment for an HIV positive patient
- List HIV-related laboratory tests and monitoring
- Understand medication adherence and support approaches for HIV positive patients
Speaker:
Ken Ho, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Pitt Men's Study
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Materials
Use of ARV Guidelines:
Topics
A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.
- Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
- Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
- HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
- HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
- HIV resistance testing and interpretation