Management Guidelines

The International Antiviral Society–USA commissions volunteer panels of experts to develop clinical practice recommendations and guidelines in areas of antiviral medicine that are confusing or controversial. Funding for the guidelines is provided by the IAS–USA; commercial support is not accepted. Expert panel members participate on a volunteer basis.

Treatment Guidelines

• Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection – 2010 Recommendations of the IAS–USA Panel (Thompson MA, Aberg JA, Cahn P, et al. JAMA. 2010;304(3):321-333)
  In December 2010, a panel of the IAS–USA published its updated recommendations concerning when to start antiretroviral therapy, the choice of initial regimens, patient monitoring, and changes for virologic failure.

  This article is available at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/304/3/321.pdf. Click here to read the announcement

• Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Testing in Adult HIV-1 Infection – 2008 Recommendations of an IAS–USA Panel (Hirsch MS, Günthard HF, Schapiro JM, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;47(2):266-285)
  In July 2008, a panel of the IAS–USA published its updated recommendations on HIV-1 drug resistance testing in HIV-1-infected adults.

  This article is available at http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/2/266.full

• Management of Metabolic Complications Associated With Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-1 Infection – Recommendations of an IAS–USA Panel (Schambelan M, Benson CA, Carr A, et al. JAIDS. 2002;31(3):257-275)
  In November 2002, a panel of the IAS–USA published its recommendations for the diagnosis and management of the metabolic complications of HIV and its therapies.

  This article is available at http://journals.lww.com/jaids/Fulltext/2002/11010/
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Training Guidelines

Date: 2003
Editors: Ann Downer, MS, EdD and Sue Swindells, MBBS
Source: AETC National Resource Center
This guide was prepared for the AETC National Resource Center by the IAS–USA with funding from the U.S. Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). Copyright IAS–USA, 2003.
Please note: These guidelines are originally posted at http://www.aids-etc.org/.

• Developing Clinical Case Studies: A Guide for Teaching

HIV Physician Expertise Study

Members of the board of directors and staff of the IAS–USA collaborated in 1999 and 2000 with investigators at the University of California San Francisco to study the relationship between physician experience, self-perceived expertise, and confidence in providing care in the field of HIV. They surveyed 359 physicians attending IAS–USA CME courses in 1999. The results of their work were recently published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs:

• Gerbert B, Moe JC, Saag MS, Benson CA, Jacobsen DM, Feraios A, Hill ME, Bronstone A, Caspers N, Volberding PA. Toward a Definition of HIV Expertise: A Survey of Experienced HIV Physicians. AIDS Patient Care STDs. 2001;15:321-330.