Heart Transplant Crossword Puzzle

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Heart Transplant Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • office: number to call with a prescription request
  • right: this side catheterization evaluates heart function
  • coordinator: nurse practitioner who works in the heart transplant office
  • grapefruit: juice to avoid when taking tacrolimus
  • donor: deceased person who donates the healthy heart
  • recipient: person with heart disease who receives the donated heart
  • cellcept: anti-rejection medication also known as mycophenolate mofetil (mmf)
  • biopsy: removal of a tiny piece of tissue from your new heart to examine under a microscope, used to test for rejection
  • prednisone: anti-rejection medication also known as a steroid
  • rejection: when the body's immune system recognizes your new heart as foreign and tries to destroy it
  • immunosuppressant: anti-rejection medication that weakens your immune system
  • dialysis: when a machine is used to correct the balance of fluids and chemicals in your body and to remove waste when kidneys fail
  • pager: number to contact with an emergency on a saturday
  • nsaid: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (ibuprofen, aspirin, motrin, aleve) that post-transplant patients should not take
  • tacrolimus: anti-rejection medication with level monitored in the blood