Glossary

Selected words and phrases

encephalopathy – degenerative brain function or disease

Area Under the Curve (AUC) – total exposure to drug over the dosing period.

recency HIV test – this is a type of HIV test that can indicate whether you recemtly became HIV positive. This is defined as being the last six months.

It is sometimes called a detuned or RITA test (Recent Infection Treatment Algorithm). In the UK, this test is used to be called STARHS (Serological Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion).

It is also sometimes called a de-tuned or recency HIV test.

See this Q&A on RITA testing.

QD (or qd) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘once-daily’.

See also q24H.

internal fetal labour monitoring – where an electrode is inserted through the vagina and placed on the baby’s scalp to record the baby’s heart rate during labour.