10.1
Monitoring of nutritional status
Clinical HIV Guidelines, 5th Edition, 2022. Chapter 10, Standard monitoring of HIV patients.
Clinical description
- One of the simplest methods to detect HIV disease progression / ART failure.
- Investigate any patient with weight loss or children failing to grow/gain weight for TB.
- Assess for resistance to TB drugs, poor adherence, comorbid conditions if failure to gain weight is
observed among PLHIV diagnosed with TB.
- Record length / height to the nearest cm at every visit (children) / once at enrolment (adults).
- Record weight in kg at every visit for children and adults.
- Use appropriate nutrition indicator for children and adults.
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