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Tissue and Organ Procurement - Organization & administration
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Definition of 'Tissue and Organ Procurement'The administrative procedures involved with acquiring TISSUES or organs for TRANSPLANTATION through various programs, systems, or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent from TISSUE DONORS and arranging for transportation of donated tissues and organs, after TISSUE HARVESTING, to HOSPITALS for processing and transplantation. Common names: Tissue and Organ Procurement; Organ Donation; Organ Donations; Organ Procurement; Organ Procurements; Required Organ Donation Request; Required Request; Required Requests; Tissue Donation; Tissue Donations; Tissue Procurement; Tissue Procurements; Donor Cards; Card, Donor; Cards, Donor; Donor Card |
Monday, November 23, 2009
Restarting the clock...again: ethical considerations in retransplantation.
30 Aug 2009 
Cardiac and pulmonary transplantation has revolutionized end-stage heart and lung therapy. With the advent of cyclosporine and other immunosuppressive therapies, many patients lead productive lives. Unfortunately, other patients who have undergone ... Read more...
Impact of U.S. Lung Allocation Score on survival after lung transplantation.
30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The Lung Allocation Score (LAS) dramatically changed organ allocation in lung transplantation. The impact of this change on patient outcomes is unknown. The purpose of the study was to examine early mortality after lung transplantation ... Read more...
Kidney transplantation in the elderly.
30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent outcome data, ongoing organ shortage and proposed changes in allocation policies are driving the need to review current practices and possible future course of kidney transplantation in the elderly patients. RECENT ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Tissue and Organ Procurement - Organization & administration'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Organ donation in China.
3 Sep 2009 - Restarting the clock...again: ethical considerations in retransplantation. 30 Aug 2009
- Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and equity of donor lung allocation in the era of the lung allocation score: are we there yet? 30 Aug 2009
- Impact of U.S. Lung Allocation Score on survival after lung transplantation. 30 Jul 2009
- Kidney transplantation in the elderly. 30 Jul 2009
- Impact of a Bereavement and Donation Service incorporating mandatory 'required referral' on organ donation rates: a model for the implementation of the Organ Donation Taskforce's recommendations. 30 Jul 2009
- Improving organ donation rates in the United Kingdom. 30 Jul 2009
- Organ donation performance in critical care. 29 Jun 2009
- Chronic kidney disease, transplantation practices and transplantation law in Pakistan: opportunity for a global meditation. 29 Jun 2009
- Incremental increases in organ retrieval after protocol driven change in an organ procurement organization: a 15-year assessment. 29 Jun 2009
- Paired kidney donations to expand the living donor pool: the Western Australian experience. 13 Jun 2009
- Impact of the lung allocation score on lung transplantation for pulmonary arterial hypertension. 9 Jun 2009
- Exploring transplant opportunities in Hmong culture: a case report. 30 May 2009
- Improving donation outcomes: hospital development and the Rapid Assessment of Hospital Procurement Barriers in Donation. 30 May 2009
- Use of clinical practice guidelines to promote best practice when managing clinical interventions for liver transplant candidates. 30 May 2009
- Psychiatric disorders: are they an absolute contraindication to living donation? 30 May 2009
- A brief introduction of the Chinese Marrow Donor Program.
30 May 2009 - Barriers to organ donation. Shouldn't be a family affair. 18 May 2009
- Tamil Nadu shows the way. 29 Apr 2009
- The role of positive flow cytometry crossmatch in late renal allograft loss. 9 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Tissue and Organ Procurement'
Definition: The administrative procedures involved with acquiring TISSUES or organs for TRANSPLANTATION through various programs, systems, or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent from TISSUE DONORS and arranging for transportation of donated tissues and organs, after TISSUE HARVESTING, to HOSPITALS for processing and transplantation.
Descriptor UI: D009927
Alternative terms: Tissue and Organ Procurement; Organ Donation; Organ Donations; Organ Procurement; Organ Procurements; Required Organ Donation Request; Required Request; Required Requests; Tissue Donation; Tissue Donations; Tissue Procurement; Tissue Procurements; Donor Cards; Card, Donor; Cards, Donor; Donor Card; Organ Procurement Systems; Organ Procurement System;
Related Mesh Headings: Tissue Banks; Tissue Donors; Tissue and Organ Harvesting;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: N02.421.911;
History Note: 2005 (1987)