Wasting in HIV Disease

 


A. Limitations to the clinical use of the CDC definition of AIDS Wasting Syndrome (AWS) include:

1. It is too old
2. It was never included in the AIDS definition
3. It did not reflect evidence of health risk in HIV infection
4. It was the primary AIDS-defining diagnosis
5. It was too complicated

B. Weight loss as a risk factor for mortality is:

1. Not a factor
2. Time dependent
3. Doesn't exist anymore
4. Mostly fat
5. Based on no evidence

C. An estimation of the prevalence of wasting according to the Nutrition for Health Living researchers is:

1. Nearly 40%!
2. Only in non-HAART users
3. Only in cases of opportunistic infection
4. Less than 10% of all patients
5. Non-existent

D. In the HAART era, weight loss is:

1. Non-existent
2. Widely recognized
3. Not important
4. The defining diagnosis for most AIDS cases
5. Less specific than fat-free mass (lean tissues) to evaluate risk

E. A new definition of wasting includes:

1. The use of a stadiometer
2. Time-dependent loss of weight
3. Minimum levels of body cell mass
4. Lipodystrophy syndrome
5. Both b and c