Question

The nurse is teaching the client taking cyclosporine after renal transplantation about key medication information, The nurse tells the client to be especially alert for
1. Signs of infection
2. Hypotension
3. GI disturbances
4. hair loss

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Signs of infection

CONCEPT: 

• Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease.
• Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ.

 

EXPLANATION:  

• Cyclosporine: Its major mode of action is inhibition of the production of cytokines involved in the regulation of T-cell activation. In particular, cyclosporine inhibits the transcription of interleukin 2.
• Thus, it acts as an immunosuppressive agent in order to prevent the rejection of organs and in auto-immune diseases.
• Immuno compression allows clients to become more prone to infections.

    Hence, the correct answer is Signs of Infection.