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Health care

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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domino transplant

Health care; Organ transplantation

A procedure in which an organ is removed from one transplant candidate and immediately transplanted into a second patient, with the first patient receiving a new organ from a ...

effective request process

Health care; Organ transplantation

A process developed collaboratively between the hospital and the OPO that culminates in the request to the family using tested and proven methodology.

plasmapheresis

Health care; Organ transplantation

A process in which plasma is removed from blood and the remaining components, mostly red blood cells, are returned to the donor. The process may be used in transplantation to ...

antibody

Health care; Organ transplantation

A protein molecule produced by the immune system in response to a foreign body, such as virus or a transplanted organ. Since antibodies fight the transplanted organ and try to ...

lost to follow-up

Health care; Organ transplantation

A recipient who does not return to the transplant center for medical maintenance after the transplant procedure, or for whom posttransplant information is unavailable.