Guest guest Posted May 8, 2000 Report Share Posted May 8, 2000 On Monday, May 08, 2000 at 8:54 AM or thereabouts, shellwipp@... wrote the following about HIV help nmtc: shellwipp> This patient has HIV and will have the following checked: shellwipp> hep A, antibody, lipid panel, *tox o*, ICG antibodies, and shellwipp> pneumo vacs. Could the " tox o " be referring to a screening for toxoplasmosis here? shellwipp> Check the viral load in one month and if it is not shellwipp> decreased by one *log*, it seems to be a treatment failure shellwipp> and he may need new meds. Correct ... log is a term used to scientifically express a large number, and you'll often here about a log reduction, log drop or log copies/ml when dealing with loads ... Chuck -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chuck Mattsen mattsen@... http://www.users.uswest.net/~mattsen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Random Thought/Quote for this Message: Character is much easier kept than recovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2000 Report Share Posted May 8, 2000 On Monday, May 08, 2000 at 8:54 AM or thereabouts, shellwipp@... wrote the following about HIV help nmtc: shellwipp> Check the viral load in one month and if it is not shellwipp> decreased by one *log*, it seems to be a treatment failure shellwipp> and he may need new meds. Just in follow-up, here's a page that explains load/log, etc. http://www.aegis.com/pubs/nmap/1999/413-viral-load.html Chuck -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chuck Mattsen mattsen@... http://www.users.uswest.net/~mattsen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Random Thought/Quote for this Message: Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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