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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
deceased donor transplant
Health care; Organ transplantation
The transplant of an organ from a deceased donor.
cadaveric transplant
Health care; Organ transplantation
The transplant of an organ from a deceased donor. The preferred term is Deceased Donor Transplant.
en bloc
Health care; Organ transplantation
The transplant of both kidneys or both lungs from a single donor into one recipient, where both organs are recovered and transplanted as a single unit.
blood vessels
Health care; Organ transplantation
The veins, arteries and capillaries through which blood flows in the body. Certain blood vessels can be donated and transplanted.
central venous pressure (CVP)
Health care; Organ transplantation
The venous pressure as measured at the right atrium of the heart, obtained by means of a central venous catheter whose distal end is attached to a manometer.
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Health care; Organ transplantation
The virus destroys cells in the immune system, which makes it difficult for the body to fight off infections; toxins, or poisons; and diseases. HIV causes AIDS, a late stage of the virus ...
cardiac output (CO)
Health care; Organ transplantation
The volume of blood pumped out of the heart per minute.
