Death Results from Being Infected with HIV When the Virus

question 209

Multiple Choice

Death results from being infected with HIV when the virus eventually:

• A)attacks key brain areas regulating respiration and heartbeat.
• B)depletes all of a person's physical energy reserves.
• C)weakens the immune system to the point that it can no longer defend the body against infection
• D)invades and erodes cardiac and lung tissue, resulting in respiratory failure or cardiac arrest.

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Definitions:

Pulse Pressure

The difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings, indicating the force that the heart generates each time it contracts.

Palpated Blood Pressure

A technique for measuring blood pressure by feeling (palpating) the pulse while gradually deflating a blood pressure cuff, usually to estimate systolic blood pressure.

Auscultated Blood Pressure

The process of listening to the sounds of the blood flow using a stethoscope to measure blood pressure.

Korotkoff Sounds

Sounds heard over an artery when blood pressure is measured, useful for determining systolic and diastolic pressures.