Name: Score:
36 Multiple choice questions
,Term 1 of 36
Kaposi's Sarcoma
S/SX:
-weight loss with no reason
-anorexia
Meds:
-marinol
-megace
-parenteral nutrition
-supplements
Nursing Management:
-Daily weights
-assess likes/dislikes
-calorie count
Chronic
-HIV reproduces at lower levels but is still active
-May or may not have symptoms
-may live decades with treatment
-CD4 levels: 499-200
Opportunistic infections:
-Candidiasis
-Hairy Leukoplakia
-cancer that develops from the cells that line the blood vessels and lymph system
-dangerous for immunosuppressed
S/SX:
-cutaneous lesions all over body
Meds:
-radiation
Nursing Management:
-management of skin BD
-T&P q2h
-Transmission of drug resistant HIV at time of infections
-Selective drug resistance in non suppressive regimens
-Factors include adherence issues, monotherapy, HAART late in course of disease
, Definition 2 of 36
Infected body fluids:
-blood
-seminal fluid
-vaginal secretions
-amniotic fluids
-breast milk
HIV Stage 3 (C)
HIV transmission
Protease Inhibitors (PI's):
HIV risk factors
Definition 3 of 36
The immune system begins to recover, but then responds to a previously acquired OI with an
overwhelming inflammatory response that makes the symptoms of infection worse
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (nrti's)
Examples of type ii hypersensitivity reactions
Cerebral complications- brain abscess, mycotic aneurysm, meningitis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)
36 Multiple choice questions
,Term 1 of 36
Kaposi's Sarcoma
S/SX:
-weight loss with no reason
-anorexia
Meds:
-marinol
-megace
-parenteral nutrition
-supplements
Nursing Management:
-Daily weights
-assess likes/dislikes
-calorie count
Chronic
-HIV reproduces at lower levels but is still active
-May or may not have symptoms
-may live decades with treatment
-CD4 levels: 499-200
Opportunistic infections:
-Candidiasis
-Hairy Leukoplakia
-cancer that develops from the cells that line the blood vessels and lymph system
-dangerous for immunosuppressed
S/SX:
-cutaneous lesions all over body
Meds:
-radiation
Nursing Management:
-management of skin BD
-T&P q2h
-Transmission of drug resistant HIV at time of infections
-Selective drug resistance in non suppressive regimens
-Factors include adherence issues, monotherapy, HAART late in course of disease
, Definition 2 of 36
Infected body fluids:
-blood
-seminal fluid
-vaginal secretions
-amniotic fluids
-breast milk
HIV Stage 3 (C)
HIV transmission
Protease Inhibitors (PI's):
HIV risk factors
Definition 3 of 36
The immune system begins to recover, but then responds to a previously acquired OI with an
overwhelming inflammatory response that makes the symptoms of infection worse
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (nrti's)
Examples of type ii hypersensitivity reactions
Cerebral complications- brain abscess, mycotic aneurysm, meningitis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)
