Organ donation involves a donor offering their organs to save or improve the lives of others. Organs are taken from a donor, stored, and transplanted into a patient. Donors can express their will through legal documents or when applying for a driving license. Living donors undergo surgery to remove an organ, which is then implanted […]
Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) is a spectrum of clinical symptoms and signs caused by an infection that leads to sepsis and septic shock, putting strain on organs and causing dysfunction. Patients require hospitalization and medical support to recover. Organs involved may include the liver, kidneys, lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal tract. Critical care nurses may […]
Organ systems are groups of organs that work together for a purpose, with interdependence fundamental to normal life functions. Mammals have ten organ systems: digestive, respiratory, circulatory, urinary, nervous, muscular, skeletal, reproductive, endocrine, and integumentary. Other animal life forms have multiple systems, with the most primitive animals having only a few organs that function differently […]
