A panelist discusses how CD4 counts serve as measures of immune system status that typically increase by about 200 in the first year of antiretroviral therapy. Although there can be laboratory ...

Monitoring of clinical events in patients on first line antiretroviral treatment (ART) in poor countries is almost as effective in terms of survival as using CD4 count or viral load measures at ...

This table pertains to laboratory tests done to select an ARV regimen and monitor for treatment responses or ART toxicities. Please refer to the HIV Primary Care guidelines for guidance on other ...

Background. It has been suggested that routine CD4 cell count monitoring in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–monoinfected patients with suppressed viral loads and CD4 cell counts >300 cell/μL could ...

This supplement on evaluating CD4 diagnostics for HIV is the fourth in a series of user-friendly operational guides explaining how to conduct evaluations of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases ...

A new CD4 testing system, the BD FACSPresto Near Patient CD4 Counter system (BD Biosciences), enables patients to monitor their HIV/AIDS, potentially reducing the probability of transmitting the ...

Living with HIV means becoming fluent in a language of numbers that might seem confusing at first but actually hold the key to your health and future. Two numbers in particular – your viral load and ...

Objective:To predict the effects of a new antiretroviral agent on the costs of care in a US HIV care setting. Methods: Recent data on costs of patient care by CD4 count from 2 US cohorts (the HIV ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Nearly 4% of patients with HIV who ...

Pathologic indicators of chemotherapy response in colorectal liver metastases: A comparative study. Sequential treatment strategy for metastatic colorectal cancer: A phase III study of chemotherapy ...