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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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hemoglobin (Hgb)
Health care; Organ transplantation
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
ISO 9001:2008
Health care; Organ transplantation
The quality standards certification obtained by UNOS from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to ensure optimal quality of all information technology ...
organ procurement
Health care; Organ transplantation
The removal or retrieval of organs from a donor for transplantation.
model for end-stage liver disease (MELD)
Health care; Organ transplantation
The scoring system used to measure illness severity in liver transplant candidates. This system is used in the allocation of livers to adults, established in February 2002. The ...
standard Error
Health care; Organ transplantation
The standard error measures the level of precision associated with an estimate for a population, usually the mean. Categories that include a large number of transplants generally ...
Patient Affairs Committee
Health care; Organ transplantation
The standing OPTN committee charged with advising the Board of Directors and other committees about patient and donor family perspectives on proposed policies and issues and ...
Histocompatibility Committee
Health care; Organ transplantation
The standing OPTN committee charged with considering issues relating to donor and recipient histocompatibility, organ alocation, tissue typing consistency and histocompatibility ...
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