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[Exam 1] Chapter 36: Management of Patients with HIV Infection and AIDS (Page 1025-1053) Flashcards

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HIV-1 is transmitted by

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body fluids containing HIV or infected CD4 lymphocytes

fluids include blood, seminal fluid, vaginal secretions, and breast milk

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HIV: Most prenatal infections occur during

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Delivery

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HIV: And Casual Contact

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Does not cause transmission

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HIV: Breaks in skin or mucosa increases

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risk

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HIV and Gerontologic Considerations: signs of HIV/AIDS can be mistaken for

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the aches and pains of normal aging

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HIV and Gerontologic Considerations: Older adults living with HIV/AIDS also experience development of other comorbidities such as

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cardiovascular disease, and diabetes

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HIV and Prevention: In order to prevent the spread of HIV during intercourse, what can be done?

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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) involves taking one pill containg two HIV medications daily in order to avoid risk of sexual HIV acquisiton.

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HIV and Prevention: Women who are pregnant can take this to reduce perinatal HIV transmission

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ART. Should also not breast-feed their infants

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Preventiion for Health Care Workers

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Hand Hygiene
PPE

Soiled Patient Care Equipment Handling

environmental Control

Textiles and Laundry

Needles and Other Sharps

Patient REsuscitation

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HIV and Health Care PRovider Treatment: If exposed, what must be done?

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Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) includes taking antiretroviral medicine as soon as possible but no more than 3 days after exposure. 2-3 drugs prescribed must be taken for 28 days

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STages of HIV Disease

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Primary Infection

HIV Asymptomatic

HIV Symptomatic

AIDS

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HIV Patho: HIV is a retrovirus because

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it carries its genetic material in the form of RNA

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HIV Patho: Illness is closer when caused by

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HIV-2, which is more common in WEstern Africa

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HIV Patho: What cna be done to screen for HIV-1?

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Blood tests

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HIV Patho: HIV cosnsits of a viral core contianing viral RNA surrounded by an envelope cosisiting of protruding

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glycoproteins

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HIV Patho: Virusees target cells with

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CD4 receptors, which are expressed on surface of T Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Dendritic Cells, and Brain Microglia

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HIV Patho: Stage 0, known as acute/recent infection, attacks T Cells how?

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USe chemokine cell receptor molecule CCR5 to entry to T cells in addition to CD4 REceptors

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HIV Patho Life Cycle: (1) Attachment / Binding Stage

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First step, GP 120 and GP 41 glycoproteins of HIV bind with CCR5 which results in fusion of HIV with CD4

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HIV Patho Life Cycle: (2) Uncoating / Fusion

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Two strands of RNA nd three vital enzymes (reverse transcriptase, integrase and protease) emptied in here

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HIV Patho Life Cycle:(3) DNA Syntehsis:

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HIV changes its genetic material from RNA to DNA

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HIV Patho Life Cycle: (4) Integration

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New Viral DNA enters nucleus of CD4 and bleds with DNA of CD4

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HIV Patho Life Cycle: (5) Transcription

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When Cf4 T is acivated, DNA forms isngle stranded RNA which builds new viruses

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HIV Patho Life Cycle: (6) TRanslation

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MRNA creates chains of new proteins and enzymes

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HIV Patho Life Cycle:(7) Cleavage

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HIV protease enzyme cuts the polyprotein chain into the indivudual protein

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HIV Patho Life Cycle:(8) Budding

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New proteins and viral RNA migrate to the memrbane o fthe infacted CD4 and exit the cell

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Hiv Patho: REsting CF4 T Cells can be stimuled to produce new particles if

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something activates them, such as another infection

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Hiv Patho: Whenevr the CD4 is activated, HIV replication and budding occur which..

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can destroy the host cell. Newly formed HIV released into blood can infect over CD4 cells

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Hiv Patho: Calculasins may have a mutation of CCR5, which may leave them

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protected against HIV infection even if exposed

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Hiv Patho: What determiens T Cells influence on HIV Acquisition?

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CCR5

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How many stages are there of HIV infection?

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Five

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Stages of HIV Infection: Period from infection with HIV to development of HIV specific antibodies is known as

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primary infection or acute HIV infection and is part of stage 0

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Stages of HIV Infection:Acute HIV infection is the inerval between

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appearance of detectable HIV RNA and first detection of antibodies

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Stages of HIV Infection:Primary or acute infection is characterized by

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high levels of viral replication, widespread dissemination of HIV throughout the body, and destruction of CD4 T Cells.

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Stages of HIV Infection:What is Viral Set Point?

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The amount of virus in the body after the initial immune response subsides

Results in equilivrium betwee HIV levels and the immune response.

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Stages of HIV Infection: The higher the set point, the poorer the

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prognosis

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Stages of HIV Infection:Stage 2 occurs when

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CD4 T Lymphocytes are between 200 and 499 stages.

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Stages of HIV Infection:Stage 3 occurs when

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count drops bellow 200 cells . At this point, patient is considered to have AIDS for survillence purposes.

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Primary Infection: PArt of CDc Categorry

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A

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Primary Infection: Symptoms are

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none to flulike syndrome

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Primary Infection: WIndow PEriod is

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lack of HIV antibodies

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Primary Infection: THis is a period of

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rapid viral replication and dissemination through the body

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HIV Asymptomatic: CDC category is

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A

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HIV Asymptomatic: How many T Lymphocytes / MM^3 do youhave?

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> 500

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HIV Asymptomatic: Upon reaching the virsl set point, what happens?

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Chronic asymptomatic state begins

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HIV Asymptomatic: Body has sufficent immune response to defend against

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pathogens

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HIV Symptomatic: CDC category

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B

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HIV Symptomatic: T Cell Count is between

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200-499

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HIV Symptomatic: CD4 T Cells grdually

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fall

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HIV Symptomatic: Patient develops symptoms or conditions releated to the HIV infection, which are not classified as

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Category C infections

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HIV Symptomatic: Patients who are once treated for Category B condiiton are considered

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Category B

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AIDS: CDC category

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C

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AIDS: How many T Lymphocytes?

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< 200

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AIDS: What happens as levels drop below 100?

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Immune system is significantly impaired

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Gerontology Considerations: what percentage of populcation over 50 hasHIV?

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25%

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Gerontology Considerations: Reasons for high number of cases in this population?

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Unprotected Intercourse

Dont consider themselves a risk

Social bias toward homosexuality

MAy use IV drugs

May have received HIV infected blood before 1985

REduction in immune system function

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HIV Tests: What is used to determine if HIV infection is recent or ongoing?

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Serologic Testing Algorithm (STARHS)

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HIV Tests: What are the three types of HIV diagnostic tests?

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Anti-body tests, antigen/antibody tests, and nucleic acid (rna) tests

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HIV Tests: Antibody test detect

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antibodies, not HIV itself

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HIV Tests: Antigen and RNA Tests directly test

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HIV

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HIV Tests: Antigen/Antibody tests detect infection in blood before

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Antibody tests

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HIV Tests: Follow up testing is performed if

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the intial test result is positive to ensure a correct diagnosis

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HIV Tests: HIV Follow Up Tests Include

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Antidifferentiation Tests

HIV-1 Nucleic Acid Tests

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HIV Tests: What is the EIA test?

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Antibodies are detected, resulting positive results and marking the end of the window period

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HIV Tests: What is the Western Blot?

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Also detects antibodies to HIV, used to confirm EIA

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HIV Tests: What is VIral Load?/

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Measures HIV RNA in the plasma

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HIV Tests: What is CD4/Cd8 Test

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Markers found on Lymphocytes. HIV Kills CD4 cells which results in significantly impaired immune system

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HIV Tests: What is OraQuick Test?

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In-home HIV Test

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HIV Tests: Viral Load Tests use

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targeet amplification methods to quantify HIV RNA or DNA levels in teh plasma .

This measures plasma HIV RNA levels

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HIV Tests: RT-PCR is also used to detect

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HIV in high-risk seronegative poeple before antibodies are measurable to confirm a positive EIA

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HIV Tests: Virial Load is better predictor of the risk of HIV disease progression than CD4 count because

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lower the viral load, the longer the time to aids diagnosis and the longer the survivial time.

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Treatment of HIV Infection: Overreaching goal of ART is to

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suppress HIV replication to a level below which drug-resistance mutations do not emerge

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Treatment of HIV Infection: Optimal Viral Suppression is defined as

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viral load persistently below the level of detection.

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Treatment of HIV Infection: Achieving viral suppression requires use of ART with at least two or three more drugs and should occur within

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12-25 weeks.

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Treatment of HIV Infection: Different drug classes of ART target

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some of the stpes in the HIV/host cycle

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Treatment of HIV Infection: Six Classes of drugs include

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Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reverse TRanscriptase Inhibitors

Non-Nucleoside Reverse TRanscriptase Inhibitors

Protease Inhibitors

Fusion Inhibitors
CCR5 Antagonist

Integrase Strand TRasnfer Inhibitors

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Treatment of HIV Infection: Adverse Effects associated with all HIV treatment regimens include

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Hepatotoxicity

Nephrotoxicity

Osteopenia

along with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

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Treatment of HIV Infection: Many of the antiretroviral agents may cause

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fat reditrubition syndrome and metabolic alterations such as dyslipidemia and insulin resistance

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Drug REsistance: Two major components of ART resistance and they are

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  1. Transmission of drug-resistant HIV at the time of intial infection and
  2. Selective drug resistance in patietns who are receiving non-suppressive regimens
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Drug REsistance: Genotypic assays detect

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drug-resistant mutations present in relevant viral genes while

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Drug REsistance: Phenotypic measures

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ability of a virus to grow in different concentrations of ART drugs

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Drug REsistance: Genotypic is preferred because of

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lower cost, more rapid turnaround time, the assays ability to detect mixtures of wild tpe and resistant virus and relative ease of interpreting test results

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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) : REsults from

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rapid restortion of organism specific immune response to infections that cause either the deterioration of a treated infection or new presentation

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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) : Typically occurs when

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Initial months after beginning ART and is associated with a wide spectrum of organisms , most commonly myobacteriaa.

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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) : Characterized by

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fever , respiratory, and abdominal symptoms and worsening of clinical manifestions

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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) : Treated with

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anti-inflammatory medications usch as cortisone

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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) : Patients with HIV-TV co infection with low CD4 counts who start ART are at high risk for devlelpoing

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TB_IRIS

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory: What is associated with various opportunistic infections

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Shortness of breath, dyspnea, cough, chest pain and fever

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Caused by

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P. Jorovecii and the incidience has declined substantially with widespread use of PCP Prophylaxis, which i sused to prevent PCP and ART

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Most common manifestations of PCP are

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subacute onset of progressive dyspnea, fever, nonproductive cough and chest discomfort that worsens within days to weeks

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Is the most common

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life-threatening infection

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Initial symptoms may be

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nonspecific and may include nonnproductive cough, fever, chills, dyspnea and chest pain

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Pneumocystis Pneumonia: If untreated, progreses to

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pulmonary impairment and respiratory failure

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Treamtnet includes

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TMP -SMZ or PEntamidine , Prophylactic TMP-SMZ

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Mycobacterium Avium Complex: What is this?

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Disease that is a common opportunistic infection that typically occurs in patients with CD4 T Lympho count less than 50

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Mycobacterium Avium Complex: MAC caused by

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infection with diffferent types of mycobacterium

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Mycobacterium Avium Complex: Early symptoms may be

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minimal and can precede detectable mycobacterium by severalweeks and include fever, night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, diarrhea

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Respiratory and Mycobacterium Avium Complex: Confirmed diagnosis based on

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compatible clinical signs and symptoms coupled with isoloation of MAC from cultures of blood, lymph node, bone marrow, and other normally sterile tissues

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI: GI Manifestations include

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loss of appeite, nausea, vomiting, oral and esophagal candidiasis adn chronic diarrhea

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI: Symptoms may be realted to

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direct inflammatory effect of HIV Cells on lining of the intestines

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI: For patients with AIDS, effects of diarrhea cna be devasting in terms of

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profound weight loss (Octreotide acetate) , fluid and electrolyte imbalance perianal skin excoveration, weakness, and inability to perform the usual activites

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI and Candidiasis: Oranpharyngeal Candidiasis is characterized by

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painless, creamy white, plque like lesions that can occur on the buccal surface

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI and Candidiasis: Lesions can be easily scraped of with

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a tongue depressor or other instrument

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI and Candidiasis: Treatment with

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Mycelex Troches or Nystatin, Ketoconazole

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI and HIV Wasting Syndrome: Defined as

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involuntary loss of more than 10% of ones body weight while having experienced diarhea or weakness and fever for more than 30 days

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI and HIV Wasting Syndrome: Wasting refers to

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loss of muscle mass although part of weight loss may also be due to part of fight

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - GI and HIV Wasting Syndrome: hat may contribute to this?

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Anorexia, diarrhea, GI malabsorption and lack of nutriton

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations: Those with HIV / AIDS are greater risk for developing certain cancers like

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Kaposi Sarcoma , Lymphoma, And Invasive Cervical CAncer

108
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and Kaposi Sarcoma: Caused by

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human herpevirus and affects eight times more men than women. Spreads through sexual contact

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and Kaposi Sarcoma: Involves the

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epithelial layer of blood and lymphatic vessels

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and Kaposi Sarcoma: Exhibits a variable and aggressive course, and it may start as

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cutaneous lesions but may involve multiple organ systems

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and Kaposi Sarcoma: Lesions cause

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discomfort, disfigurement, ulceration and potential for infection

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and Kaposi Sarcoma: What cna be the first manifestation?

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They can appear anywehre on the body and are usually brownish pink to deep purple.

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and Kaposi Sarcoma: Diagnosis confirmed by

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biopsy of suspected lesions. Prognosis depends on the extent of the tumor

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and AIDS Related Lymphomas: Unclude both

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Hodgkin lymphoma and non-hodgkin lymphoma. Non more common

115
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and AIDS Related Lymphomas: Three times of AIDS related LYmphomas?

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Diffuse Large B Cells

B Cell Immunoblastic

Small Noncleaved Cell Lymphoma

116
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Oncologic Manifestations and AIDS Related Lymphomas: Symptoms include

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weight loss, night sweats, and fever

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations: HIV Related brain changes have profound effects on the body including

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motor function, exectuvie function, attention, visual memory, and visusoatial function

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations: Neurologic dysfunction results from

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direct effects of HIV on nervous sytem tissue, opportunistic infections, primary or metastatic neoplasm.,

119
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Peripheral Neuropathy: This is the most common

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Neurologic symtpom at any stage of HIV infection

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Peripheral Neuropathy: May be side effect of some

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ART drugs and may occur in a variety of patterns.

121
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Peripheral Neuropathy: Can lead to

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significant pain of feet and hands and functional impairment

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and HIV Encephalopathy: Formerly referred to as

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AIDS Dementia Complex

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and HIV Encephalopathy: Clinical syndrome that is characterized by

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progressive decline in cognitive, behavioral, and motor functions as a direct result of HIV.

124
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and HIV Encephalopathy: HIV infection is thought to trigger relase of

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toxins or lymphokines that result in cellular dysfunction, inflammation, or intereference with neurotransmitter function

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and HIV Encephalopathy: Signs and Symptoms may be subtle but include

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memory deficits, headache, difficulty concentrating, progressive confusion, psychomotor slowing , apathy and ataxia

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and HIV Encephalopathy: LAter stages of signs and symptoms include

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Cognitive impairment, delay in verbal responses, a vacant stare and hyperflexia

127
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and HIV Encephalopathy: Diagnosing includes

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Extensive CT Scan. MRI and analysis of CSF as well.

128
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and HIV Encephalopathy: Probably related to

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HIV infection

129
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Cytococcus NEoformans: What is this?

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Fungal infection characterized by fever, headache, malaise, stiff neck, nause and mental status changes

130
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: What is this?

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Demyelinating CNS disorder tha taffects the oligodendroglia.

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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Clinical manifcations include

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mental confusion and rapidly progress to include

blidness, aphasia, muscle weakness, paresis and death

132
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Depressive Manifestations: What substanceshave been associated with this?

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Cocaine and Alcohol use and depression has been associated with less adherence with ART

133
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Integumentary Manifestations: Cutanous manifestions are associated with

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HIV infection and the accompanying opportunistic iinfections and malignancies

134
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Persons in stage 3 HIV should reieve

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Chemoprophylaxis to prevent PCP with trimetroprim.

135
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia: When person diagosed with PCP, What is the treatment of choice?

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TMP-SMX lowering the dose if there was any abnromal renal function

136
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Treatment duration lasts

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21 days

137
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Should be started when?

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As soon as possible, preferentially within 72 hours.

138
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Mobacterium Avium Complex: Initial treatment should consist of

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2 or moer antimycobacteial drugs to prevent the delay the emergence of resistance

139
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Mobacterium Avium Complex: Preferred first agent?

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Clarithromycin but Azithromycin can be subbed

140
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Cypotoccal Meningitis: Most commonly occurs as

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subacute meningitis or meningoencephalitis with fever, malaise, and headache..

141
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HIV and Clinical Manifestations - Neurologic Manifesations and Treatment of Crypotococcal Meningitis: Treatment includes

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Three phasees, induction, consolidation, and maintenace.

142
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Nursing Process: Care of PAtient with HIV/AIDS - Assessment: This incudes

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Assess patients support system
Identidy potential risk factors, IV drug abuse

Immune system function

Nutritonal Status

Skin integrit

Respiratory status

fluid and electrolyte balance

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Nursing Process: Care of PAtient with HIV/AIDS - Assessment: Nutritonal status obtained by

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obtaining a dietary history and idetnifying factors that may interfere with oral intake

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