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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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immunogenicity

Health care; Organ transplantation

A measure of an antigen's ability to provoke an immune response.

body mass index (BMI)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A measure of body size, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.

pediatric end stage liver disease (PELD) scoring system

Health care; Organ transplantation

A measure of illness severity used in the allocation of livers to pediatric candidates, established in February 2002. The PELD system uses three laboratory values (albumin, ...

glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A measure used to determine kidney function, the GFR indicates the kidney's ability to filter and remove waste products.

child-turcotte-pugh (CTP) score

Health care; Organ transplantation

A measurement of liver dysfunction that was used in OPTN liver allocation policy between January 19, 1998, and February 26, 2002. The MELD score has replaced it for allocation ...