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karen

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A nurse is examining a child in the early stages of HIV infection. Which of the following would the nurse expect to find?
 
  a. Failure to thrive and developmental delays
  b. Kaposi's sarcoma and developmental de-lays
  c. Toxoplasmosis and oral candidiasis
  d. Fatigue and shortness of breath

Question 2

A nurse counsels a client to have the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA) test. Which of the following best describes the rationale for this test?
 
  a. To indicate the presence of the antibody to HIV
  b. To reveal whether or not the client has AIDS
  c. To isolate the HIV virus
  d. To confirm HIV after having a positive Western blot


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Early symptoms of pediatric HIV infection include failure to thrive and developmental delays. Kaposi's sarcoma and oral candidiasis are common opportunistic diseases later in the disease process. Fatigue is a symptom seen with hepatitis and TB.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The EIA is used to indicate the presence of the antibody to HIV. To minimize false positive re-sults, the Western blot is used as a confirmatory test to verify the results. The EIA does not iso-late the virus, nor does it reveal whether the individual has symptomatic AIDS.


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