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(Created page with "'''Organ donation''' or '''organ transplantation''' refers to removing an organ from a donor to another person who needs the organ. An organ may be donated from a live (living) donor, if the organ transplantation can be performed without permanently harming the donor too much, or it may be donated rom a brain dead donor. Donor conditioning (donorkondícionálás) is a Hungarian term which you won’t find in international texts. I believe it refers to th...") |
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Recognition of potential dead organ donors should begin before [[brain death]] is diagnosed. | Recognition of potential dead organ donors should begin before [[brain death]] is diagnosed. | ||
The most common forms of organ transplantation are: | |||
* Kidney transplantation | |||
* Liver transplantation | |||
* Pancreas transplantation | |||
== In Hungary == | == In Hungary == | ||
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Warm ischaemic time (WIT) refers to the time the organ has no circulation, no perfusion, and no cold storage. In ideal cases, the WIT is zero. A kidney may function up to 60 minutes of WIT, but the risk for delayed graft function or event completely non-functional kidney transplant increases after 20 minutes. | Warm ischaemic time (WIT) refers to the time the organ has no circulation, no perfusion, and no cold storage. In ideal cases, the WIT is zero. A kidney may function up to 60 minutes of WIT, but the risk for delayed graft function or event completely non-functional kidney transplant increases after 20 minutes. | ||
<noinclude>[[Category:Transplant surgery]]</noinclude> | <noinclude> | ||
[[Category:Transplant surgery]] | |||
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