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Non Heart-Beating Donors in England
When transplantation started all organs were retrieved from patients immediately after cardio-respiratory arrest, i.e. from non-heart-beating donors. After the recognition that death resulted from irreversible damage to the brainstem, organ retrieval rapidly switched to patients certified dead after...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18297216 |
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description | When transplantation started all organs were retrieved from patients immediately after cardio-respiratory arrest, i.e. from non-heart-beating donors. After the recognition that death resulted from irreversible damage to the brainstem, organ retrieval rapidly switched to patients certified dead after brainstem testing. These heart-beating-donors have become the principal source of organs for transplantation for the last 30 years. The number of heart-beating-donors are declining and this is likely to continue, therefore cadaveric organs from non-heart-beating donor offers a large potential of resources for organ transplantation. The aim of this study is to examine clinical outcomes of non-heart-beating donors in the past 10 years in the UK as an way of decreasing pressure in the huge waiting list for organs transplantation. |
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spelling | pubmed-26641922009-05-13 Non Heart-Beating Donors in England Chaib, Eleazar Clinics Review When transplantation started all organs were retrieved from patients immediately after cardio-respiratory arrest, i.e. from non-heart-beating donors. After the recognition that death resulted from irreversible damage to the brainstem, organ retrieval rapidly switched to patients certified dead after brainstem testing. These heart-beating-donors have become the principal source of organs for transplantation for the last 30 years. The number of heart-beating-donors are declining and this is likely to continue, therefore cadaveric organs from non-heart-beating donor offers a large potential of resources for organ transplantation. The aim of this study is to examine clinical outcomes of non-heart-beating donors in the past 10 years in the UK as an way of decreasing pressure in the huge waiting list for organs transplantation. Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2008-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2664192/ /pubmed/18297216 Text en Copyright © 2008 Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP |
spellingShingle | Review Chaib, Eleazar Non Heart-Beating Donors in England |
title | Non Heart-Beating Donors in England |
title_full | Non Heart-Beating Donors in England |
title_fullStr | Non Heart-Beating Donors in England |
title_full_unstemmed | Non Heart-Beating Donors in England |
title_short | Non Heart-Beating Donors in England |
title_sort | non heart-beating donors in england |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18297216 |
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