CONFERENCE TO DEFINE AIDS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS

一个在儿科患者中定义艾滋病的会议将在马拉松举行， 花期1984年11月15日和16日 大约40名医生，科学家 以及直接从事艾滋病或相关工作的联邦工作人员将出席。 在三个领域，临床， 病理学和免疫学在会议召开前几周举行了会议 准备工作文件。 这些文件将侧重于包容性 以及每个地区的排除标准。 广泛协议的发布将是 确定的区域和其他区域将在合理范围内减少， 问题. 工作文件将表明赞成和反对的立场， 每一个悬而未决的问题。 工作文件将发送给所有会议 与会者至少在会议前一周参加。 第四届会议 在会议上将关注相关主题， 或复杂的医学和/或社会问题进行简要讨论。 选定的个人将被要求准备一份个人纲要 这一主题将成为在会议之前分发给与会者的材料的一部分。 本会议 大会的四个主要会议将在 以圆桌会议的形式进行。 每场会议将由一名 目前没有参与艾滋病研究的资深科学家。 会议 会议将试图解决工作中确定的问题， 证件 每次会议结束后，工作组和主持人立即 将重新召开会议，并根据工作文件编写一份临时报告。 一 临时报告的副本将分发给所有会议 参加者出发前。 无相关专题的中期报告 会议已计划。 会议结束后两周内， 提交。 会议的最终结果将包括3个 单独的出版物或包含临床的综合报告， 艾滋病的病理学和免疫学诊断标准 儿科患者。 会议期间将特别强调 并在最终报告中对未来儿科感染性疾病的研究领域进行了讨论。 艾滋病的解决和管理所必需的疾病、免疫学等 在这个年龄组，以及独特的机会， 了解基本生物过程的条件。

A conference to define AIDS in pediatric patients will be held in Marathon, Fl. on November 15 and 16, 1984. Approximately 40 physicians, scientists and federal workers directly engaged in AIDS or related work will attend. Working groups of 4-6 workers in each of three areas, clinical, pathological and immunological have met several weeks before the conference to prepare working documents. These documents will focus on inclusionary and exclusionary criteria for each area. Issued of broad agreement will be so identified and other areas will be reduced within reason to defined questions. The working documents will indicate pro and con positions on each unresolved question. Working documents will be sent to all conference participants at least one week prior to the conference. A fourth session at the conference will concern related topics where inadequate information or complex medical and/or social issues will be discussed briefly. Selected individuals will be asked to prepare an outline of an individual topic that will be part of the materials distributed to participants before the conference. The four major sessions of the conference will be conducted in a round table format. Each session will be moderated by a senior scientist not currently involved in AIDS research. The conference sessions will attempt to resolve those questions identified in the working documents. Immediately after each session the working group and moderator will reconvene and prepare an interim report from the working document. A copy of the interim report will be distributed to all conference participants prior to departure. No interim report of the related topics session is planned. Within two weeks of the conference a final report will be submitted. Final results from the conference will consist of either 3 separate publications or a composite report that encompasses clinical, pathological and immunological criteria for the diagnosis of AIDS in pediatric patients. Special emphasis will be devoted during the conference and in the final report to areas of future research in pediatric infectious diseases, immunology, etc. necessary for resolution and management of AIDS in this age group as well as the unique opportunities offered by this condition for understanding fundamental biologic processes.