Transplant Considerations Flashcards
1
Q
Acute rejection of an organ
A
Immediate failure of that organ
Flu like symptoms
Immediate biopsy of the transplanted organ
2
Q
Most affected anti-rejection regimens involve triple therapy
A
Corticosteroids, antimetabolite , either calcineurin inhibitor or a mammalian target of rampant in inhibitor 
3
Q
Steroids
A
Methylprednisolone
Prednisone
4
Q
Antimetabolites
A
Azathioprine (imuran)
Mycophenolate mofeitil ( cellcept)
Mycophenolate sodium (myfortic)
Cyclophosphamide (cytoxan)
5
Q
Calcineurin inhibitor
A
Tacrolimus ( prograf)
Cyclosporine ( sandimmune, neoral, gengraf)
6
Q
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors
A
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Sirolimus (rapamune)
Temsirolimus ( torisel)
Everolimus (afinitor)