TREATING SECONDARY OUTCOMES .5. HIV, WEIGHT-LOSS AND WASTING SYNDROME

Authors
KELLY MD LLOYD AR KEMP RJ
Citation
Md. Kelly et al., TREATING SECONDARY OUTCOMES .5. HIV, WEIGHT-LOSS AND WASTING SYNDROME, Medical journal of Australia, 164(9), 1996, pp. 549-550
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Medical journal of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025729X
Volume
164
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
549 - 550
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(1996)164:9<549:TSO.HW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Weight loss in HIV infection can be severe and distressing. Management must address the likely combination of causes by excluding opportunis tic infection, monitoring drug effects, palliating diarrhoea, supporti ng a healthy diet and using drug therapy to improve appetite or weight gain.