Exam 5 last one ever Flashcards
NIHSS
Score?
High score worst
5 or greater you start looking to use a fibrolytic agent.
What are some indications that a pt would need higher immunosuppression?
What are some other things you want to take into account when looking at a donor recipient?
- Younger in age
- Black
- HLA matching gives you a indication of how its going to go after transplant
- If there PRA is high
- cross matching
Infectious Dx prophylaxis
Typicall a ___ drug regimen
What are the drugs and the length of time needed to be on it?
- CMV: Valgan in high/mod risk, acyclovir in low risk for 3-6 mos
- PCP: Bactrim or (dapsone/pentamidine for sulfa allergic pts) for 3 mos- 1 year
- Oral candidiasis: Nystatin swish and swallow or clotrimazole for 1-3 mos or until prednisone dose if low <20 mg daily
- Lung transplant patients usually get addition fungal prophylaxis
A pts only exclusion criteria is there BP so that means its? What are the first options you should try to use?
- >185/110
- Labetalol
- Enalaprit
- Hydrazaline
- IV fast acting options
IVIG
Uses in SOT 4
- Antibody Bcell mediated rejection
- Desensitization
- Viral infections
- Hypogammaglobulinemia
What is the preferred antimetabolite?
What is it MOA?
- Mycophenolate
- Inhibits IMDPH which inhibits cell cyle replication
Dosing for Atgam?
10-15 mg/kg/day
for 7-10 days
If pt is on IR tacrolimus 2 mg BID how would you convert them to Envarsus XR?
- Once daily dose 70-80% of total IR dose
- So 3 mg daily would work
What is the Number one cause of death after any transplant
Cardiovascular Dx
mTOR inhibitors two
notes about them?
- Sirolimus
- Everolimus
- One or other not both
- Used in place of calcineurin inhibitors or anti-metabolite
Dibigatran
WIthin 2 houts activated charcoal
Idarubaccizumab first line
second like PCC4
What are the 9 exclusion criteria for Alteplase
- Current intracranial Hemorrhage
- Bleeding diathesis
- Active internal bleeding
- Recent intracranial hemorrhage or intraspinal surgery or serious head trauma (<=3 mos)
- Current severe uncontrolled HTN (SBP>= 185 mm hg or DBP >= 110) (can treat and then try)
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Intracranial process that may increase bleeding risk
- Actively on warfarin with INR > 1.7 or other oral anticoag (pretty much automatically exclude these pts if theyre on one)
- Suspected aortic arch dissection
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Risk factors Modifiable and non
- HTN, smoking, alcohol use, DM, anticoag/antiplat use(most common cause)
- Nonmod: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, asian
Common induction regimen?
- INDUCTiON
- Thymo or basiliximab
- Plus high dose corticosteroids
- MAINTENANCE
- Tacro and mycophenolate with or without prednisone
Post stroke care management
What should be administered? 1st and 2nd line
What should be initiated or resumed?
Smoking Cessation
- Antiplat started immediately unless alteplase is administered
- 1st ASA 325 PO daily
- 2nd- Clopidogrel 300 mg 1 then clopidogrel 75 mg PO daily
- Used for ASA allergic pts. Or ASA failure
- High intensity statin should be inititiated or resumed
- Atorvastatin 80
- Smoking cessation
Adverse effects of Corticosteroids?
5
- Elevated WBC w higher doses (this can mask the picture if looking for infection)
- Wt gain 2/2 fluid retention and increased appetite
- Mood changes
- Insomnia
CNIs vs mTORs
Advantage to chose CNIs?
- Reduced hypercholesterolemia
- Less impaired wound healing
2 types of CMV
- Infection
Invasive: CMV that actually causes organ damage CMV induced colitis most common
Tacrolimus dosing information
What is more potent? Cyclo or Tacro?
What is the dosing interval?
What are the ranges?
What levels are monitored? what is the range?
IV?
- 50 x more potent than cyclo
- BID q12h, XR-XL are qd
- 0.5->10mg BID
- Get a 12 hour trough to monitor levels
- 5-15 ng/mL
- IV isnt a 1:1
If you think someone had a stroke what studies need to be given prior to giving ____ drug
Alteplase
- Non-contrast CT-this will also rule out hemorrage
- Finger stick blood glucose hypoglycemia can mimic
- Oxygen sat hypoxia can mimic
mTOR AEs
- Slow wound healing
- Increased protein in urine (stop drug it stops)
- Increased cholesterol and TGs(realy)
- Myelosuppression
- Pulmonary toxicity (sirolimus only)
Drug interactions with FK/Cyclo
Whats the way and the 8 drugs that increase level?
- Antifungal azoles
- Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, Azithromycin
- Lopinavir/Ritonavir
- Diltiazem and verapamil
- CYP3A4 inhibitors
Clinical presentation for Hemorrhage usually take longer and symptoms are more drawn out.
IV admin of Alteplase
Dose?
If these 5 things develp stop infusiong and get CT
What to monitor?
What Bp range do we want to maintain and how?
What repeat testing? Before starting what?
- 0.9 mg/kg max 90 mg first 10% given as a bolus over one minute then rest over 60 min
- Severe HA, N/V, acute HTN, worsening neuro exam Dc alteplase and get CT scan
- Monitor BP
- <180, <105 use anti HTNs to maintain
- Follow up CT or MRI, scan at 24 hour after IV atleplase before starting anticoagulant therapt
What are the risk factors for infection?
6
- Technical/Surgical comp
- Most commonly occur during 1st month
- Net state of immunosuppression
- Use of Antilyphocyte prep
- Comorbidities
- REcipient exposure
- Donor organ
- Nosocomial
- Community
Adverse effects and Administration of Rituximab
8 AEs
Admin?
- Fever, chills, nausea, dizziness, hypotension, bronchospasms, hypoxia, cytopenias
- Premedicate:APAP, Antihistamines, corticosteroids
Sirolimus what is it?
Dose? and when?
What levels need to be taken and when? what is the range?
Important to note when making dose adjustments?
- 2-5 mg per day in the AM
- 24 hour trough before taking, 5-15 ng/mL
- Need to wait 1-2 weeks before adjusting dose (biggest downfall)
Adverse effects of Mycophenolate and how to alleviate them?
Teratogenicity?
- N/V/D can lead to colitis
- Take with food
- Preg Cat D black box for teratogenicity dont take when pregnant, not recommended in breast feeding
- Use contraception for at least 6 weeks before trying to conceive
Who would you use Acyclovir on and why?
Dosing?
- Low risk patient because it only covers HSV not CMV
- Dose adjustement for renal dysfunction
Thymo rabbit one
Dose and length
Adjust in?
What is its place in therapy?
1.5 mg/kg/day for 3-5 doses
Polyclonal depleting
- Induces depletion of cells from circulation
Adjust dose if leuko/thrombocytopenia
- Induction in pts with high immune risk pt and those at increased risk of delayed graft function
- For rejection
What are the immediate release formualtions of Tacrolimus?
What is the dosing interval?
- Generic Tacro and Prograf, you can switch between the two no problem
- BID every 12 hours
Cardiovascular Risks
First one: what drugs are causing it?
- HTN: caused by CNIs and Roids
- ACEI/ARB still the best choice might have to wait if doing a renal transplant.
- CCB cna be good not verap or dilt
What are the two extended release formulations of Tacro? how are they dosed?
- Astagraf XL
- Envarsus XR
- Both taken onces daily in the morning
rATG Adverse effects?
- Cytokine release syndrome which causes fever and chill
- Infection (higher than basilix)
- Leukopenia
- Malignancy
- Thrombocytopenia
WHat medications need to be given premedication prior to taking them? What are the meds?
- Atgam
- Thymo
- APAP/Diphenhydramine/steroids (prednisone methylprednisolone) or something similar
What is the clinical presentatin of a acute ischemic stroke?
- Sudden numbness or weakness in Face, arms, speech, trunk
- Visual impairment
- Dizziness, loss of balance, HA
rATG
Positive points 4
Less immunogenic
FEwer rejection episodes within 1 year
Less recurrent rejection
Higher rates of rejection reversal
IVIG AEs
Dose adjustements?
- Infusion rxn premedication
- Renal insufficiency: only sucrose free preps should be used
- BBwaring risk of acute renal failure
- Carimune NF cantains sucrose all others dont
Di FK/CYA
Drugs that decrease levels? 6
- Nafcillin
- Rifampin
- Efavirenz
- Carbamazepine
- Phenytoin
- Phenobarbital
- CYP 3A4 inducers
Basaliximab AEs
Infection and Malignancy
Infection is higher in rATG
3-4.5 hours since symptom onset
5 things for inclusion criteria for Alteplase
- ischemic stroke with neuro deficit
- >= 18 <=80 w/o history of DM and prior stroke
- NIHSS score <=25
- Without imaging evidence of ischemic injury involving > 1/3 of MCA territory
Whats a situation where you would switch someone from prograf to CYA?
- The big thing with Tacro (also hair loss) is neuronal effects so it can cause bad shaking and if thats the case you could switch to CYA (hairgrowth) but over all FK is better.