Medical procedure to remove wastes or Dialysis
toxins from the blood and adjust fluid and
electrolyte imbalances by utilizing rates at
which substances diffuse through a
semipermeable membrane
The final stage of kidney failure (as that End Stage Renal Disease
resulting from diabetes, chronic
hypertension, or glomerulonephritis) that is
marked by the complete or nearly complete
irreversible loss of renal function
The process of removing blood from an Hemodialysis
artery (as of a kidney patient), purifying it by
dialysis, adding vital substances, and
returning it to a vein
To transfer a kidney from one individual to Kidney Transplant
another
A procedure performed in the peritoneal Peritoneal Dialysis
cavity in which the peritoneum acts as the
semipermeable membrane
Rules or policies, generally based on Allocation Policies
medical criteria, established by the OPTN to
guide and regulate organ allocation or
distribution in the United States
Loss of sensation and usually of Anesthesia
consciousness without loss of vital functions
artificially produced by the administration of
one or more agents that block the passage
of pain impulses along nerve pathways to
the brain
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A protein secreted by plasma cells Antibody
(differentiated B cells) that binds to a
particular antigen and marks it for
elimination
A macromolecule that elicits an immune Antigen
response by lymphocytes.
The testing of the compatibility of the bloods Crossmatch
or tissues of a donor and a recipient by
mixing the blood or tissue of the other to
determine the absence of agglutination
reactions
A group of alleles of different genes on a Haplotype
single chromosome that are closely enough
linked to be inherited usually as a unit
A state of mutual tolerance between tissues Histocompatibility
that allows them to be grafted effectively
Molecules found on all nucleated cells in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)
body that help the immune system to
recognize whether or not a cell is foreign to
the body. These antigens are inherited from
one's parents. Human leukocyte antigens are
used to determine the compatibility of
kidneys and pancreases for transplantation
from one individual to another. The major
groups of HLA antigens are HLA-A, HLA-B,
and HLA-DR.
A fiber optic camera that is inserted through Laparoscope
an incision in the abdominal wall and is used
to examine visually the interior of the
peritoneal cavity
A minimally invasive surgery involving visual Laparoscopy
examination of the inside of the abdomen by
means of a laparoscope
A family of genes that encode a large set of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)
cell surface proteins called MHC molecules.
Class I and class II MHC molecules function
in antigen presentation to T cells. Foreign
MHC molecules on transplanted tissue can
trigger T cell responses that may lead to
rejection of the transplant
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