Heart Transplant Crossword Puzzle

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