A client had a cardiac transplant 6 weeks previously. The client calls the clinic and informs the nurse he has a fever of 101° F, chest tenderness, and flulike symptoms. What does the nurse suspect the client is experiencing?
A) Hyperacute rejection
B) Acute rejection
C) Chronic rejection
D) Subacute rejection
B
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Acute rejection occurs from 1 week to 3 months after the transplant; almost all transplant recipients experience acute rejection to some degree. Hyperacute rejection is rare and occurs within a few minutes of the transplant when the donor organ and recipient are extremely mismatched. Chronic rejection may occur at any time over the remaining lifetime of a recipient, causing varying degrees of damage to the donor heart. Subacute rejection is not a classification of rejection.
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