Transplant Evaluation
Transplant Donation
Pre-Transplant
Post-Transplant
Pharmacology
100
The non-profit organization that manages the nations organ transplant system.
What is the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)?
100
The three types of organ donors.
What is brain dead donor, donor after cardiac death, living donor?
100
Prior to transplant, the signed and held ordered that should NOT be initiated by the inpatient nurse.
What are the intra-procedure orders?
100
After any solid organ transplant the surgeon should be called for this hemodynamic instability.
What is hypotension?
100
This medication is used for both induction therapy at the time of transplant and the reversal of steroid resistant rejection:
What is Anti-thymocyte globulin (Thymoglobulin®)
200
Average number of years a kidney recipient waits on the list for a deceased donor in this region.
What is 3-5 years?
200
Time from cross clamp in donor to first anastamosis in recipient.
What is cold ischemia time (CIT)?
200
These medications are given by the inpatient nurse before a patient goes to the OR if they are getting Anti-Thymocyte during their transplant.
What is Tylenol, Benadryl and Myfortic?
200
This blood sugar following a pancreas transplant warrants a phone call to the transplant surgeon as it may indicate graft thrombosis.
What is >200
200
In Kidneys the administration of Anti-thymocyte globulin (Thymoglobulin®) should be initiated 30 minutes after premedication with acacetaminophen(Tylenol®), corticosteroids, and what other medication:
What is diphenhydramine (Benadryl®)
300
Total bilirubin, Creatinine, and INR are used to calculate this all important liver score.
What is the Model for End Stage Liver Disease or MELD score?
300
The BMI criteria to be a living donor.
What is a BMI of 30 or less?
300
This needs to be on the chart prior to a patient going for transplant.
What is a consent form?
300
Ten percent of patients have to go back to the OR due to this complication after liver transplant.
What is bleeding?
300
Valgancyclovir (Valcyte®) is given prophylacticly post kidney transplant to prevent what virus from occurring:
What is CMV or cytomegalovirus
400
This person evaluates the support system and financial resources a patient has for travel, lodging, prescription and other expenses and helps to allocate resources that might alleviate the financial burden of transplantation.
What is the transplant social worker?
400
This team member is defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) as a person or team who ensures the ‘‘protection of living donors and prospective donors’’
What is the independent living donor advocate (ILDA)?
400
This test needs to be completed after an organ has been offered to a patient.
What is a final crossmatch?
400
During the first 24 hrs following a kidney transplant, urine output is typically replaced 1:1 per hour with this.
What is 1/2 NS
400
This antiproliferative agent can never be given at the same time as antacids and should not be crushed before administration?
What is Mycophenolate sodium (Myfortic®)
500
The score each candidate on the kidney waiting list receives based on: time on dialysis, diabetes, prior solid organ transplant and age.
What is Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) score?
500
The organ procurement agency the covers our region.
What is Donor Alliance?
500
After the initiation of the admission order set, this is high priority for completion prior to going to the OR.
What are labs?
500
This is the most severe complication following liver transplant and usually requires re-transplant.
What is primary non-function.
500
This medication is dosed based on trough levels. Therefore blood has to be drawn 30 minutes prior to administration
What is tacrolimus or Prograf®
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