Transplant Rejection

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Transplant Rejection

Types: hyperacute (minutes-hours), acute (days-months — most common/treatable), chronic (months-years). Acute cellular rejection: treated with high-dose steroids. Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) requires plasmapheresis + IVIG.

rejection acute rejection chronic rejection antibody mediated rejection AMR
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You may need an organ transplant if one of your organs has failed. This can happen because of illness or injury. When you have an organ transplant, doctors remove an organ from another person and place it in your body. The organ may come from a living donor or a donor who has died.The organs that can be transplanted include:Heart Intestine KidneyLiverLungPancreasYou often have to wait a long time for an organ transp…

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