The world's leading experts provide all the 'Essentials' needed to manage patients in the office, on the ward and in the ICU.

Completely revised and updated, HIV Essentials 2012 incorporates the latest clinical guidelines into a step-by-step guide to the diagnosis, evaluation, management and prevention of HIV infection and its complications. Topics also include: opportunistic infections and other HIV complications, treatment of HIV and pregnancy, antiretroviral drug summaries, post-exposure prophylaxis as well as commercially available dosage forms for all ARV's.

New to HIV Essentials 2012:

2011 DHHS Guidelines
2011 Pregnancy Guidelines
New Drugs: Edurant, Complera, Incivek, Victrelis, and more

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview of HIV Infection
Chapter 2 Diagnosis and Evaluation of HIV Infection
Chapter 3 Treatment of HIV Infection
Chapter 4 Treatment Failure and Resistance Testing
Chapter 5 Prophylaxis and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections
Chapter 6 Complications of HIV Infection
Chapter 7 HIV Infection and Pregnancy
Chapter 8 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Chapter 9 Antiretroviral Drug Summaries