Heart Transplant Crossword Puzzle

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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

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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