Estimation and characterization of the potential renal organ donor pool in Pennsylvania. Report of the Pennsylvania Statewide Donor Study.
Transplantation
; 51(1): 142-9, 1991 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-1987683
ABSTRACT
The Pennsylvania Statewide Donor Study evaluated deaths under the age of 66 occurring in 149 participating hospitals in 1987. After elimination of 6146 patients from 11,983 based upon ICD-9 code criteria, an on-site medical record review was performed on 5603 patients. Each patient was assessed for organ donor suitability based upon brain death and medical suitability criteria--and, after a series of eliminations, 453 patients were found to have a moderate or higher potential as acceptable organ donors. An estimation of the organ donor rate was placed between 38.3 and 55.2 donors per million population per year, depending upon the stringency of organ donor criteria. Educational efforts targeted at physicians, patient's families and transplant surgeons will be necessary, however, to attain this maximal rate.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doadores de Tecidos
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Transplante de Rim
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article