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Blood Transfusions & HIV
Administration of blood and HIV
10
Medical
Not Applicable
06/17/2008

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Term

Must be:

 

Filtered

can't hang longer than 4 hours

 

need baseline vitals before administering

 

 

Definition
How do you give blood?
Term
20 - 30 minutes
Definition
When will you see an allergic response to a blood transfusion?
Term

Right unit, type, right patient

Definition
2 seperate RN's must confirm what before giving blood?
Term

Fever, followed by a change in B.P. then body aches.

Definition
What is the first sign a blood transfusion is cauing an allergic reaction?
Term
Zidovudine (AZT, ZVD, Retrovir)
Definition
HIV Drug that causes anemia, peripheral neuropathy, pancreatitis
Term
AIDS
Definition
CD4 - Tcell count <200
Term
Didanosine (ddl, Videx, Videx EC)
Definition

HIV drug

 

Alternative to AZT (Zidovudine) 

Term
-dine, -sine,-avir
Definition

Suffixes for HIV drugs

 

(easiest way to remember) 

Term

-ovir

 

(remember "herpes all -over the vagina) 

Definition
suffix for Herpes drugs
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