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| AIDS-related complex (ARC) | A phase of infection with HIV |
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| Pneumonia | The major cause of death in AIDS | Usually caused by the protozoa Pneumocystis carinii or cytomegalovirus (CMV)
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| KAPOSI'S sarcoma and Lymphoma | Common cancers of AIDS |
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| (ELISA) ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY | SCREENING TESTS FOR AIDS | USUALLY IT TAKES 4 -12 WEEKS SINCE INFECTION FOR A POSITIVE TEST.
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| Western blot test | screening tests for AIDS |
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| HAART regime (highly active antiretroviral therapy) | It combines three or more anti-HIV medications in a daily dosing program. |
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| Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) | These drugs are used to prevent healthy T cells in the body from becoming infected with HIV. | When HIV uses an NRTI instead of a normal building block, reproduction of the virus is stalled.
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| Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) | These drugs attache themselves to reverse transcriptase and prevent the enzyme from converting RNA to DNA. | The genetic material of HIV cannot be incorporated into the healthy genetic material of the cell.
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| Protease inhibitors (PIs) | These inhibitors are designed to attack HIV by blocking an enzyme crucial to the virus's reproduction. | It cripples the virus's ablility to replicate itself.
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| Fusion inhibitors | These drugs work by blocking HIV entry into the cells. | The newest class of drugs; ENFUVIRTIDE.
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| Hodgkin's Disease | A chronic, progressive neoplastic disorder of unknown cause. | Characterized by enlargement of lymph glands, spleen, and liver.
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| Leukemia | A group of malignancies caused by abnormal reproduction of white blood cells. | The useless, immature cells called blasts.
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| Acute lymphocytic Leukemia | The most common type of leukemia under age of 19 | It is the infiltration and accumulation of immature lymphoblasts.
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| MULTIPLE MYELOMA | A neoplasm of the bone marrow that is rapidly fatal. | 1. Pt. present with backache and bone pain.2. diruption of erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes. 3. Urine contains Bence Jones protein.
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| 1 unit of PRBC should increase Hgb and Hct by how much? | hemoglobin by 1g/DL and hematocrit by 3% |
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| AIDS | Infectious disease caused by human T-cell lymphotrophic Type III virus. | The AIDS virus zeros in on certain T lymphocytes and breads down the immunity
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