Which Information About Patient and Donor Tissue Typing Results for a Patient

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which information about patient and donor tissue typing results for a patient who needs a kidney transplant is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

• A) Patient is Rh positive and donor is Rh negative.
• B) Six antigen matches are present in HLA typing.
• C) Results of patient-donor cross matching are positive.
• D) Panel of reactive antibodies ( PRA ) percentage is low.

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