The nursing instructor is going over laboratory results for HIV/AIDS patients
The instructor tells the students that upon interpretation of a patient's laboratory results, the nurse should recognize that a patient with HIV is considered to have AIDS when the CD4+ T-lymphocyte cell count drops below what?
A) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
B) 300 cells/mm3 of blood
C) 400 cells/mm3 of blood
D) 500 cells/mm3 of blood
Ans: A
Feedback: When CD4 T-cell levels drop below 200 cells/mm3 of blood, the person is said to have AIDS. Patient's with CD4 T-cell levels greater than 200 cells/mm3 of blood is considered to have HIV.
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