Which information in a patient's history indicates to the nurse that the patient is not an appropriate candidate for kidney transplantation?
a. The patient has type 1 diabetes.
b. The patient has metastatic lung cancer.
c. The patient has a history of chronic hepatitis C infection.
d. The patient is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
ANS: B
Disseminated malignancies are a contraindication to transplantation. The conditions of the other patients are not contraindications for kidney transplant.
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