Sanford Guide to Hepatitis Diagnosis and Treatment available in mobile app

-Team@CMHF

• The Sanford Guide, recognized as the essential reference for infectious disease treatment, announced the release of the Sanford Guide to Hepatitis Diagnosis and Treatment at the 51st Inter science Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)
• This is the first mobile app of its kind for Hepatitis treatment, making it easy for healthcare professionals anywhere in the world to find the latest treatment guidelines instantly.
• Hepatitis was recently identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a matter of global concern, affecting nearly one of every three people in the world.
• The new Sanford Guide assists health care professionals who specialize in the care and management of patients with Hepatitis or whose practice in this area is growing, by providing convenient access to critical information at the point of care.
• A revolution is occurring in the treatment of Hepatitis C virus infections, similar in magnitude to the rapid change in HIV therapy in the mid-1990s
• A major difference between HIV therapy and Hepatitis C therapy is that patients can be cured of Hepatitis C infections.
• New drugs approved in 2011 are transforming therapeutic approaches to Hepatitis C treatment and many more new drugs are in development.”

The Sanford Guide to Hepatitis Diagnosis and Treatment covers:

• Hepatitis C diagnosis, epidemiology, natural history, clinical presentation, treatment setting and treatment
• Hepatitis A treatment of acute infections
• Hepatitis B treatment of chronic infections, management of exposure, prophylaxis in transplant patients
• Hepatitis immunization recommendations
• Comprehensive drug information for anti-Hepatitis agents, including usage, dosage, dose adjustments, adverse effects, pharmacology and major interactions with other drugs

About Sanford Guide

• Sanford Guide provides the leading authoritative reference guides for the treatment of infectious diseases to health care providers at the “point of care.”
• The Sanford Guide delivers convenient, comprehensive recommendations for treatment and prevention of bacterial, fungal, viral, retroviral, parasitic and mycobacterial infections.

For further reading log on to

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/17/3917480/sanford-guide-introduces-new-hepatitis.html