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LVAD
100
What was the first anti-rejection drug developed?
What is Cyclosporine
100
This is the frequency of standing labs
What is monthly and/or as needed
100
A patient has been hospitalized for a while and gets disoriented and sometimes hears or sees things most of us can't.
What is hospital psychosis or delirium
100
The number of Heart Transplants done from KPNC in 2013
What is 23
100
Who do you talk to for LVAD dressing supplies?
Who MJ or Evelyn
200
What is a better booster pill you take 30 mins before your Lasix or diuretic?
What is Metolazone or Zaroxolyn
200
The three things that you need always bring with you to your clinic appointment
What is your list of medications, Log of blood pressures and weight, and yourself
200
Due to exposure to a traumatic experience a week ago an individual is having nightmares about the incident.
What is Acute Stress Disorder. PTSD can only be diagnosed a month later.
200
The overall 3 year survival for KPNC Heart Transplant Program
What is 80%
200
Cell phone number you call for LVAD emergencies
What is 408-318-2387
300
What is a better absorbed diuretic (water pill)?
What is Torsemide or Demedex
300
What is the test done every other year as an alternative to an angiogram if your arteries are normal after your heart transplant?
What is a dobutamine echo
300
There is a behavioral strategy which is good for the heart and also one of the treatments of choice for anxiety.
Physical Exercise
300
The percent of patients transplanted in 2013 who had a grade 2R rejection
What is 39%
300
What on your LVAD system should you keep stable at all times?
What is the driveline
400
What is the name of two beta-blockers?
What is coreg or carvedilol & metoprolol or lopressor
400
What is the most common cancer after heart transplant?
what is skin cancer
400
What day and time does the support group meet? And which populations are welcome?
Every second Tuesday of the month; Heart failure, LVAD, and Transplant patients are welcome
400
What is CTDN?
California Transplant Donor Network
400
What public department should you introduce yourself and your equipment to?
Local fire department
500
What is the newer anti-rejection medicine similar to an older one, but with fewer side effects?
What is everolimus
500
What is the AlloMap score below which you don't need a biopsy?
What is 34
500
What behavioral strategy is recommended for anxiety and depression management in the present which is based on a behavioral practice that has been around for 2,500 years?
What is Buddhism
500
What are the priority levels on the transplant list?
1A, 1B, 2, and 7
500
How heavy is the HeartMateII controller and batteries?
What is 7-8 lbs
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