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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medication administration record (MAR)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A history of drug therapy provided to a patient.

transplant center

Health care; Organ transplantation

A hospital that performs transplants, including qualifying patients for transplant, registering patients on the national waiting list, performing transplant surgery and providing care before and ...

standard criteria donor (SCD) kidney

Health care; Organ transplantation

A kidney donated for transplantation by a donor who has suffered brain death (i.e., is not a donor after cardiac death) and who is not an expanded criteria kidney donor. See Donor After Cardiac Death ...

legislation

Health care; Organ transplantation

A law or group of laws proposed or enacted that have the force or authority of a state or Federal government, or other organization. For transplant-related legislation, see Consolidated Omnibus ...

living Donor (LD)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A living person who donates an organ for transplantation, such as a kidney or a segment of the lung, liver, pancreas, or intestine. Living donors may be blood relatives, emotionally related ...