Chapter 37. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Chapter 37. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The goals of treatment when prescribing antiretroviral medication to patients with HIV include:

1.	Prevent vertical HIV transmission
2.	Improve quality of life
3.	Prolong survival
4.	All of the above

____ 2. A challenge faced with antiretroviral therapy (ART) is:

1.	Patients abusing ART
2.	Drug-resistant mutations of HIV
3.	Reduction of transmissibility of HIV
4.	Lack of efficacy data

____ 3. Predictors for successful treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-positive patients include:

1.	They respond to a low-potency treatment regimen
2.	They have demonstrated resistance in the past and should respond to newer ART drugs
3.	The patient is strictly adherent to the ART treatment regimen
4.	Lower baseline CD4 T-cell count at baseline

____ 4. The goal of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients is:

1.	Maximum suppression of HIV replication
2.	Eradication of HIV virus from the body
3.	Determining a treatment regimen that is free of adverse effects
4.	Suppression of CD4 T-cell count

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