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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heterotopic transplant

Health care; Organ transplantation

Transplantation of an organ to a site different from where it would ordinarily be located on the recipient's body.

Typically, a statistical term used in survival analysis to indicate an observation in which the outcome of interest has not yet occurred. For example, in a graft survival analysis, a transplant with ...

regional administrator (RA)

Health care; Organ transplantation

UNOS staff person who serves as a resource regarding OPTN information, policies and procedures to members in designated Regions. RAs assist Regional Councillors with planning and conducting regional ...

anoxia

Health care; Organ transplantation

Usually refers to lack of oxygen to the brain.

living donation

Health care; Organ transplantation

When a living person gives an organ or a portion of an organ for use in a transplant. A kidney, or portion of a liver, lung, pancreas or intestine may be donated. See also Living Donor, Organ ...

agonal phase

Health care; Organ transplantation

When one of the following conditions is met and sustained for a minimum of five (5) minutes: * Newborn up to 28 days old, with a systolic blood pressure less than 60 mm Hg, OR * 29 days old up to 12 ...