THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL CADAVERIC ORGAN DONORS

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作者
THOMPSON, JF [1 ]
MCCOSKER, CJ [1 ]
HIBBERD, AD [1 ]
CHAPMAN, JR [1 ]
COMPTON, JS [1 ]
MAHONY, JF [1 ]
MOHACSI, PJ [1 ]
MACDONALD, GJ [1 ]
SPRATT, PM [1 ]
机构
[1] RED CROSS BLOOD BANK,NEW S WALES TRANSPLANTAT ADVISORY COMM,ORGAN RETRIEVAL SUBCOMM,SYDNEY,NSW 2000,AUSTRALIA
关键词
BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; CADAVERIC;
D O I
10.1177/0310057X9502300114
中图分类号
R614 [麻醉学];
学科分类号
100217 ;
摘要
Most Australian transplantation programs are severely restricted in their activities by a limited availability of cadaveric donor organs To investigate possible reasons for this problem, an audit was undertaken over three 12-month periods of all deaths in 13 hospitals in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory From 7406 deaths, 271 patients were classified as having been realistic, medically suitable potential donors. Of these, only 60 (22%) became actual donors. In the other 211 patients, donation did not occur because of unsuccessful resuscitation (30%) permission refusal by relatives (34%) and failure to identify or support the potential donors (36%). If the impediments to organ donation which were identified in this study could be overcome, allowing a greater number of potential donors to become actual donors, the chronic shortage of cadaveric donor organs for transplantation could be at least partly relieved.
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