- Отрасли: Government; Health care
- Number of terms: 396
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HRSA is the primary U.S. Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable.
Continuous dialysis procedure involving a dialysis solution being emptied into the patient's abdominal cavity. This solution removes waste products from the blood, allowing the patient greater freedom of movement.
Industry:Health care
Criteria for imminent death mutually established by the hospital and OPO which prompt the hospital to make a timely notification to the OPO.
Industry:Health care
Culture and Sensitivities tests are done to determine which bacteria cause an infection and the best antibiotic to treat the infection.
Industry:Health care
Death defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions. Death is declared in accordance with the hospital policy and applicable state and local statues or regulation.
Industry:Health care
Developing slowly and lasting for a long time, possibly the rest of a person's life. For example: chronic kidney failure.
Industry:Health care
Diagnostic tests that help to measure the lungs' ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide appropriately.
Industry:Health care
Disease of the heart muscle with no known cause leading to a weakened and often enlarged heart; one of the principal reasons for heart transplantation.
Industry:Health care
Dissolved upon effective date of the 2005 OPTN contract, this committee was charged with overseeing all recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding specifications for collecting data on the full continuum of events including pre- and post-transplant events. The DAC also had primary responsibility for recommending to the Board data release policies, data collection procedures, and specific OPTN database elements necessary for data analysis and research functions in support of the OPTN and the Scientific Registry.
Industry:Health care
Dissolved upon effective date of the 2005 OPTN contract, this group was mutually operated by the OPTN and SRTR contractors, and comprised representatives from both organizations as well as members of the transplant community and government staff. The DWG was charged with in-depth review and consideration of needed revisions (additions and deletions) to the OPTN database in order to comply with contract and regulatory requirements and to further solid organ transplantation research. The recommendations of the DWG were presented to the Data Advisory Committee (DAC) for consideration.
Industry:Health care
