Overview
More than two decades into the global HIV epidemic, many HIV positive patients who have access to antiretroviral medications are graying. These patients and their clinicians now face another set of complex health issues related to aging. HIV and Aging examines the known effects of HIV and HIV medications on older patients and on their immune systems. The book explores the coalescence of aging and HIV on neurologic, psychiatric, cardiovascular, endocrine, renal, and pulmonary systems and oncology. Written by some of today’s top experts, HIV and Aging answers questions like: What are the similarities with immune system changes that occur with aging and those associated with HIV? What effects do HIV and HIV medications have on cardiovascular health? What do we know about drug interactions between antiretrovirals and medicines used to treat diseases of aging?
Full Product Details
Author: Sharon Dian Lee (Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, USA) ,
Sharon Dian Lee (Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, USA) ,
Glenn Treisman (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) ,
Steven Kadiev (University of Ohio, Columbus, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.272kg
ISBN: 9781420065978
ISBN 10: 1420065971
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 27 March 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In this well-balanced text edited by Sharon Dian Lee (University of Kansas) and featuring contributions from the leading researchers in the field, readers are given a thorough overview of the known effects that HIV (and the most common medications used to treat the affliction) have on the older patient....Recommended to all internists who treat HIV patients in various age groups. Additionally, this volume is highly recommended to all Health Science libraries in that it offers ground-breaking research in an area of HIV study that has, to date, been over-looked. -John Aiello, The Electric Review
Author Information
SHARON DIAN LEE is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine University of Kansas, Kansas City, and Founder and Director, Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care, Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Lee completed her MD from the University of Kansas, Kansas City, and Family Medicine training at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City. She is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice, American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and American Academy of HIV Medicine.
