Accurate dosing of antiretrovirals at home using a foilized, polyethylene pouch to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 25, 2015, Pages e1030-

  Choy, Alexa ^a   Ortiz, Mercedes ^b   Malkin, Robert ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Hospital Gineco Obstétrico Enrique C Sotomayor   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG PACKAGING; FOILIZED POLYETHYLENE POUCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPILLAGE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSAGE FORMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POLYETHYLENE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84941216554     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001030     Document Type: Article

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