From PALSA PLUS to PALM PLUS: adapting and developing a South African guideline and training intervention to better integrate HIV/AIDS care with primary care in rural health centers in Malawi

Table 5 PALM PLUS organization and content

Symptom based algorithms (alphabetical)
A	Abdominal pain	F	Fatigue	M	Malaise	T	Throat symptoms
	Abdominal swelling		Female genital symptoms		Male Genital symptoms		Tiredness
B	Burning feet		Fever		Mouth symptoms	U	Unwell client
C	Confusion		Foot symptoms	N	Nose symptoms		Urinary symptoms
	Cough	G	Male genital symptoms	P	Psychiatric symptoms	V	Vaginal discharge
D	Diarrhea		Other genital symptoms	R	Raped client		Vomiting
	Difficulty breathing		Genital ulcer	S	Sexual abuse	W	Weight loss
	Disturbed client	H	Headache		Skin symptoms
E	Ear symptoms	L	Lymphadenopathy
Domain		General clinical management algorithm
HIV		Diagnosis
		Routine care
		ARV initiation
		ARV follow-up and side-effects
		PMTCT
Tuberculosis		Suspecting TB
		Diagnosis
		Treatment
Chronic Respiratory Disease		Distinguishing asthma and COPD
		Routine asthma care
		Routine COPD care
		Using inhalers and spacers
Pregnancy		Routine antenatal care

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