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ART & PREGNANCY

Last Updated: December 5, 2001


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Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States
Released December 5, 2001 and published on-line by the AIDS Treatment Information Service.

Recent updates appear in red.

Summary
Introduction
Background
Preconceptional Counseling and Care for HIV-Infected Women of     Childbearing Age (New)
General Principles Regarding the Use of Antiretrovirals in Pregnancy
Recommendations for Antiretroviral Chemoprophylaxis to Reduce     Perinatal HIV Transmission
Clinical Scenarios
Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission and Mode of Delivery
Mode of Delivery Clinical Scenarios
Recommendations for the Monitoring of Women and Their Infants
Clinical Research Needs
References

Table I. Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG) 076 Zidovudine (ZDV) Regimen
Table II. Preclinical and Clinical Data Relevant to the Use of Antiretrovirals in Pregnancy
Table III. Clinical Scenarios and Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs to Reduce Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Transmission
Table IV. Comparison of Intrapartum/Postpartum Regimens for HIV-Infected Women in Labor Who Have Had No Prior Antiretroviral Therapy (Scenario 3)
Table V. Rate of perinatal transmission according to receipt of zidovudine during pregnancy and mode of delivery
Table VI. Clinical scenarios and recommendations regarding mode of delivery to reduce perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission

 




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