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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Organ transplantation

waiting time

Health care; Organ transplantation

The amount of time a candidate is on the Wait List. Waiting times can be influenced by many factors, including: * blood type (some are rarer than others) * tissue type * height and weight of ...

cold ischemia time (CIT)

Health care; Organ transplantation

The amount of time an organ spends being preserved after recovery from the donor.

immune response

Health care; Organ transplantation

The body's natural defense against foreign objects or organisms, such as bacteria, viruses or transplanted organs or tissue.

diastolic blood pressure

Health care; Organ transplantation

The bottom number in the blood pressure measurement (80 in a blood presure of 120/80), indicating the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest.