Organ transplantation

Organ transplantation

The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.

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end-stage liver disease (ESLD)

Health care; Organ transplantation

Irreversible liver failure that requires transplantation as hepatic replacement therapy.

first person consent legislation

Health care; Organ transplantation

Legislation that allows donor designation to be indicated on a driver's license or an official signed donor document, which gives hospitals legal authority to proceed with organ procurement without ...

ethics

Health care; Organ transplantation

Medical Ethics is the discipline of evaluating the merits, risks, and social concerns of activities in the field of medicine. Principles include: * A practitioner should act in the best interest of ...

induction therapy

Health care; Organ transplantation

Medications given for a short finite period in the perioperative period for the purpose of preventing acute rejection. Though the drugs may be continued after discharge for the first 30 days after ...

inotropes

Health care; Organ transplantation

Medications that increase the force of contraction of the heart muscle.

preservation

Health care; Organ transplantation

Method used to keep organs viable between procurement and transplantation. The length of time organs and tissues can be kept outside the body vary depending on the organ, the type of preservation ...