The nurse is providing postoperative education to a transplant patient's family. When asked about detecting rejection, which answer by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. "Endomyocardial biopsies will be performed weekly for the first six weeks after surgery."
b. "Increased shortness of breath most likely indicates immediate, acute rejection of the heart."
c. "Biopsies of the heart are done every 6 months after the day of the transplant surgery."
d. "As time passes, the more biopsies that are performed, the more reliable the results become."
A
The traditional method of rejection surveillance in a heart transplant recipient is through endometrial biopsies performed weekly during the first six weeks posttransplant. Shortness of breath can be a symptom of rejection, but only in combination with other symptoms. Rejection is confirmed through biopsy. Over time, with frequent biopsies, cardiac tissue becomes scarred, making detection of rejection impossible.
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