See Also: triblet(dictionary)
Waiting(medicine)
waiting(2)(dictionary)
waiting(1)(dictionary)
waiting room(dictionary)
lady-in-waiting(dictionary)
Waiting List(health)
Watchful waiting(health)
call waiting(dictionary)
Waiting period(money)

Waiting List (health) and triblet (iou)


Waiting List (health)


After evaluation by the transplant physician, and after committee presentation, a patient is added to the national waiting list by the transplant center. Lists are specific to both geographic area and organ type: heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, intestine, heart-lung, kidney-pancreas. Each time a donor organ becomes available, the computer generates a list of potential recipients based on factors that include blood type, organ size, medical urgency and time on the waiting list. A "new" United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) waiting list is generated each time an organ becomes available. There are many factors that go into the actual decision of donor selection and recipient matching. Although your place on the list and the amount of time you have been waiting for transplant are important factors, the transplant surgeon ultimately is the one to make the final decision.





triblet (iou)



triblet noun. E17.
[French triboulet, of unkn. origin.]
A cylindrical rod or mandrel used in making nuts, rings, tubes, etc.