Organ Transplants Flashcards
Selection of recipients is if they have a _______ __-___ disease
progressive end stage
6 selection criteria for transplant pts ?
- age
- no alcohol or tabacco dependency
- no CI’s to immunosuppression
- otherwise healthy
- social support
- psychological factors
Best transplant pt survival rate?
liver and heart
Worst transplant pt survival rate ?
lungs
4 transplant complications?
- rejection
- immunosuppresion
- infection
- graft failure
3 times transplants can be rejected?
- hyper acute
- acute
- chronic
Chronic transplant rejection is most common in _____ transplants
lung
5 common s/s of transplant rejection?
- pain at site
- fever/feeling unwell
- weight change
- swelling
- decreased urine output
Immunosuppressive drugs increase likelihood of CAD (T/F)
TRUE
What are 3 ways infection is avoided post transplant?
- D/C invasive lines
- early ambulation
- prophylactic antibiotics
Early post transplant failure = high risk of ______
mortality
There is a constant low risk of _____ failure once pt is out of early phase
graft
After heart transplant, pt will have no ______ due to denervated heart
angina
Peak HR reaches ___% of normal post transplant
80
Donor ___ node determines HR
SA
There are 2 __ waves seen post heart transplant
2
The first P wave in an ECG of someone with a heart transplant is followed by a QRS complex (T/F)
FALSE
There is no ______ innervation to control transplanted heart, so there is a resting tachycardia
autonomic
Normally heart is usually more influenced by the ___ via _____ nerve
PNS; vagus
What is the normal resting HR post transplant ?
90-110