The increasing rate of HIV infection among women, obstetrician-gynecologist should be prepared to counsel patients and recommend testing for the virus to all women who are pregnant or are seeking prepregnancy counseling. Management of HIV infection is directed toward stabilization on HIV disease, preventation of opportunistic infections, and preventation of perinatal transmission. Specific aspects of management are based on the clinical condition of the patient. Clinicans should balance the theoretic risks of fetal HIV inoculation posed by invasive procedures (percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling, chronic villus sampling, amniocentesis) against the benefit of the procedure.
HIV ; HIV Infections ; Pregnancy