EACS Guidelines version 10.0 (Nov 2019)
EACS Guidelines version 10.0 (Nov 2019)
These Guidelines were developed by the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), a not-for-profit organisation, whose mission is to promote excellence in standards of care, research and education in HIV infection and related co-infections, and to actively engage in the formulation of public health policy, with the aim of reducing the HIV disease burden across Europe.
The EACS Guidelines were first published in 2005, and are currently available in print, online as a pdf, a web edition (new for 2019) and as a free mobile App for both iOS and Android devices. The Guidelines are translated into several different languages and are formally revised at least annually for the electronic version and biennially for the printed version. The electronic version can, however, be updated at any time if the panels consider it necessary.
The aim of the EACS Guidelines is to provide easily accessible and comprehensive recommendations to clinicians involved in the care of people living with HIV (PLWH).
The EACS Guidelines cover a relatively large and diverse area geographically, with different national levels of access to care. As a natural consequence, the Guidelines aim to cover a relatively wide range of recommendations as opposed to the often more uniform national guidelines.
The 2019 version of the Guidelines introduces a new drug-drug interaction panel and now consists of six main sections, including a general overview table of all major issues in PLWH, recommendations on antiretroviral treatment, drug-drug interactions, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of co-morbidities, co-infections and opportunistic diseases. (European AIDS Clinical Society, November 2019)