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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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Organ transplantation
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 deceased donor.
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 remove pre-formed ...
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 reject it, recipients ...
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.
past medical history (PMH)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A record of a patient or donor's past medical problems.
past surgical history (PSH)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A record of a patient or donor's past surgeries.
