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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.
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