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CPTC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE Plateau pressure (Pplat) What is measured during a breath hold maneuver during mechanical ventilation and is a value read from the Manometer The first successful kidney transplant occurred when... 1954 The first s...

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CPTC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE


Plateau pressure (Pplat)

What is measured during a breath hold maneuver during mechanical ventilation and is a

value read from the Manometer

The first successful kidney transplant occurred when...

1954

The first successful human-to-human heart transplant occurred....

In South Africa in 1967

What does the UAGA stand for?

Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

When did the UAGA do in 1972?

Made 1st person authorization legally binding

What happened with the UAGA in 2006?

The UAGA was revised to create uniformity in donor designation procedures for all

states, clarified who is able to give authorization, and strengthened the weight of first-

person auth

What is the UDDA?

the Uniform Determination of Death Act established in 1981 and revised in 1985

What is the End Stage Renal Disease Act?

,An act passed in 1972 to provide payment for kidney transplant and dialysis via CMS

and by extension, this paved the way for CMS to provide payment for all organ payment



The idea is that the cost is less to transplant an organ than provide ongoing care for a

failing organ

What is Cyclosporine?

First successful non steroidal immunosuppressive drug

What is UNOS?

United Network of Organ Sharing founded in 1984

national network to coordinate the allocation of organs and collect clinical data about

donors, candidates, and recipients

What is The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?

ensures no more than one OPO operates per DSA, OPOs and transplant centers

comply with UNOS/ OPTN policies, and hospitals that participate with CMS establish

written policies// protocols for organ donation.

Referral Rate

% of the total number of referrals/ missed referrals and total referrals combined

Timely Referral Rate

how many timely referrals were made/ how many should have been made

Authorization Rate

% of families who agree to donate/ total # of families from which authorization was

requested

Conversion rate

, % of eligible donors who actually become donors **meaning the donor needs to survive

in the OR to be "converted" into a donor

whether organs are transplanted or not does not affect the conversion rate

Eligible death

legally declared BD, is 75 yrs old or younger, weighs at least 5kg, has BMI of 50 or less,

has at least one organ which meets eligibility criteria for transplant

80/20 Rule

80% of donors come from 20% of hospitals in DSA

Non-eligible Kidney Criteria

>70yrs, 50-69yrs w/ DMI, polycystic kidney disease, terminal Cr >4, chronic renal

failure, no UO >24 hrs, glomerulosclerosis >20% on biopsy

Non-eligible Liver Criteria

Cirrhosis, terminal bili >4, portal HTN, macrosteatosis >50%, fulminant hepatic failure,

terminal AST/ALT >700

Non-eligible Heart Criteria

older than 60, 45 yrs old with hx of >10 yrs HTN, DM, CABG, CAD, hx of MI,

myocarditits, endocarditis, internal defib, pacemaker, valve replacement/ repair,

congenital defects

Non-eligible Lung Criteria

>65yrs, COPD, terminal PF <250, asthma (cause of death), pulmonary fibrosis, PNA

found on CT, pulmonary contusions, previous lobectomy, multiple blebs on CT

Not medically suitable

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