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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investigational

Health care; Organ transplantation

A drug or procedure that is not yet Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved for marketing.

cyclosporine

Health care; Organ transplantation

A drug used to prevent rejection of the transplanted organ by suppressing the body's defense system. Considered an immunosuppressant.

living-related donor (LRD)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A family member who donates a kidney, part of a lung, liver or pancreas to another family member. Examples: a brother and a sister, or a parent and a child.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A federal law giving any person the right to obtain federal agency records unless the records (or part of the records) are protected from disclosure by any of the nine exemptions contained in the ...

OPTN computer registration fee

Health care; Organ transplantation

A fee paid by OPTN members at the time a patient is registered on the organ transplant waiting list or receives a living donor transplant. The fee amount is calculated annually, based upon projected ...

hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A form of hepatitis caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), previously known as non-A, non-B hepatitis. Most infections are due to injection drug use with contaminated needles. Blood ...