Paul E. Sax, MD is the Editor-in-Chief, Journal Watch HIV/AIDS Clinical Care, Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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(6 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)I’m currently on the inpatient consult service and just saw a guy who fits the typical profile of many hospitalized HIV patients in 2012: Low CD4 (in this case, 120) Irregular to non-existent outpatient care before admission (lots of no-shows, cancellations, etc) Has received several prescriptions for antiretroviral therapy but for a whole variety of reasons, [...]
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)The excitement about “treatment as prevention”, and the results of Study 052, have led to many patients asking the question (if not in these words, than using others with a less medical slant), “So if I’m on treatment and doing well, just what is the risk of my transmitting HIV to others?” It’s not a [...]
(12 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)I’d estimate the verisimilitude of the following video at approximately 100%: (Thanks to Raphy Landovitz for the link!)
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)I can’t think of a single upcoming scientific meeting in ID that’s likely to be more “game changing” – sorry for the tired metaphor — than the 47th European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) meeting, which starts tomorrow in Barcelona. As a hint of what’s to come, earlier this month Abbott released [...]
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)Bargain hunters will be glad to hear that over on Amazon, they can get a copy of the 2004 Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1 Infected Adults and Adolescents — all for the remarkably low price of $16.15. Notable content from that banner year included: for asymptomatic patients with CD4 > 350, [...]
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Over in Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care, Abbie Zuger has written a fascinating perspective on the recent enthusiasm for universal HIV treatment. Her take? Let’s just say she doesn’t share the enthusiasm of public health officials and members of guidelines committees. Well, that’s a huge understatement. Specifically: This strategy, which calls for universal voluntary HIV [...]
(10 votes, average: 4.70 out of 5)In an era where control-c followed by control-v — that’s cut and paste, for those of you who don’t use keyboard shortcuts — is the prime method by which most clinicians write their medical notes, I’d like to come right out and brag that ID doctors take the best medical histories. You could argue (as [...]
