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U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
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.
The amount of time an organ spends being preserved after recovery from the donor.
Industry:Health care
The body's natural defense against foreign objects or organisms, such as bacteria, viruses or transplanted organs or tissue.
Industry:Health care
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.
Industry:Health care
The candidate for whom an organ was accepted.
Industry:Health care
The classification of human blood into four groups: A, B, AB, and O.
Industry:Health care
The compatibility between the donor and the recipient. The more appropriate the match, the greater the chance of a successful transplant.
Industry:Health care
The computerized algorithm used to prioritize patients waiting for organs. It eliminates potential recipients whose size or ABO type is incompatible with that of a donor and then ranks those remaining potential recipients according to the ranking system approved by the OPTN Board.
Industry:Health care
The congenital closure, or near closure, of the bile ducts. The most common indication for liver transplantation in children comprising 60 to 70 percent of all candidates.
Industry:Health care
The continuous process by which the OPTN creates, refines and implements ethical, evidence- and consensus-based policies and standards for the procurement, allocation, distribution and transplantation of organs in the U.S.
Industry:Health care
The coronary arteries supply blood (and oxygen) to the heart muscle. When arteries are partially or completely obstructed, the blood and oxygen supply to the heart muscle is impaired. The most common cause of a heart attack.
Industry:Health care