A nurse is caring for a client with AIDS. During assessment, the nurse reviews the client's chart and determines the client is likely experiencing undernutrition, malabsorption, lean and fat body-mass loss, fever, and weight loss without a well-defined cause. The nurse suspects the client has which condition?

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Wasting syndrome in HIV/AIDS patients is characterized by undernutrition, malabsorption, loss of lean body mass and fat, fever, and unexplained weight loss, aligning with the symptoms described.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Client with AIDS