CCTC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS, LATEST UPDATED 2024/2025 (GRADED)

CMV IGG & IGM (-) - Answer Not previously CMV infected CMV IgG & IgM (+) - Answer Recent CMV infection CMV IgG (+) & IgM (-) - Answer Past CMV infection, not recent Blood Type O - Answer Universal Donor - Can receive subtype A2 Blood Type AB - Answer Universal Recipient Kidney Priority Listing Criteria - Answer 1) If candidate is prior living kidney donor 2) If there are 0 HLA-mismatches Common causes of HLA Antibody production - Answer 1) Transfusions 2) Pregnancy 3) Previous transplants Hep C Ab - Answer Exposure to Hepatitis C Hep B sAg - Answer Infection with hepatitis B Hep B sAb - Answer Immune to hepatitis B Hep B Core Antibody - Answer Previous hepatitis B infection or exposure HLA Haplotypes - Answer A, B, DR Rejection - Recognition step - Answer AP Cells Rejection - Stimulation step - Answer T-Cells Rejection - Defense step - Answer CD8 and B Cells Immunosuppression balances 3 key factors - Answer 1) Prevent rejection 2) Protect against infection and cancer 3) Guarantee efficacy What organ is not allocated based on urgency? - Answer Kidney How does UNOS prioritize? - Answer 1) Medical urgency CCTC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED UPDATED 2024/2025 2) Biological matching Liver 1A Criteria includes - Answer 1) Life expectancy 7 days 2) Hepatic artery thrombus Heart 1A Criteria includes - Answer Mechanical circulatory support for acute hemodynamic decompensation Lung Allocation Score (LAS) accounts for - Answer 1) Formula estimating urgency and probability of long term survival 2) Pulmonary artery systolic pressure 3) O2 requirement 4) Need for continues mechanical ventilation Long term risk of kidney donation - Answer HTN Pre-transplant education should include - Answer 1) Treatment options 2) Costs, and immunosuppression 3) Deceased donor criteria What type of rejection is in first 6 months - likely to respond to increased immunosuppression? - Answer Acute cellular rejection What urinary symptom is related to kidney transplant rejection? - Answer Decreased UOP All pre-transplant kidney evals should obtain - Answer Hepatitis serologies In the small intestine, most absorption occurs in: - Answer Duodenum and jejunum In early post op period for intestinal transplant, scopes are completed - Answer Twice weekly weeks 1-6. Nausea and vomiting may be caused by - Answer decreased gastric motility Which side heart catheterization is required for Lung Allocation Score? - Answer Right heart catheterization What is not an early complication in lung transplant? - Answer PTLD Contributors to chronic lung transplant rejection (Bronchiolitis obliterans) - Answer 1) RSV