Does a slip of the tongue equate to medical malpractice?
A physician was sued for revealing a patient’s HIV status in front of her minor daughters.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
HIV: Make the diagnosis and take the next step
With the CDC urging screening for all willing patients, providers will be testing and managing a growing number of HIV-positive individuals.
Fever and abdominal pain in a middle-aged man with HIV
Susceptible to a wide variety of pathogens, the patient had symptoms of an acute infection.
Mistaken diagnosis in HIV case
A physician is drawn into malpractice litigation over the management of his first patient who tested HIV-positive.
Contact dermatitis in an HIV-positive patient
Is it appropriate to administer a short course of an oral corticosteroid to treat a contact dermatitis that becomes systemic in an HIV-positive patient?
Earlier start for HIV treatment indicated
This reduces mortality risks by as much as 94%, according to recent studies.
HIV screening: Just another routine test?
Why is HIV testing so different from other types of routine screening?
Routine HIV testing encouraged, ignored
A new guideline from the American College of Physicians calls on doctors to routinely encourage HIV screening for all patients older than 13 years, regardless of their risk factors. Similar recommendations from the CDC, however, are not being followed.
Test results send youth into a tailspin
With two positive ELISAs, an NP sees no need to ask for help in evaluating analyses to diagnose HIV.
Precautions with an HIV-positive partner
What treatment is available for an asymptomatic patient whose partner has tested positive for HIV?
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