Organ donation following the circulatory determination of death (DCD): an audit of donation and outcomes following renal transplantation.
Ir Med J
; 107(1): 11-4, 2014 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-24592639
Organ Donation following the Circulatory determination of Death was introduced in Beaumont Hospital during 2011. The Intensive Care Society of Ireland formally endorsed a national DCD clinical practice guideline in 2012. This retrospective audit covers a 2-year period during which eleven patients were considered suitable for DCD and where consent was obtained. Nine patients died within the ninety-minute period following the withdrawal of life sustaining therapies and subsequently donated organs (82%). Eighteen kidneys were recovered and seventeen patients received renal transplants--one patient received a nephron-dosing dual renal transplant. Lungs were recovered on two occasions and one patient received a lung transplant. Heart valves were recovered on one occasion. To date sixteen of seventeen recipient patients have functioning renal transplants (94%). In conclusion, this model of deceased donation has proven acceptable to families, nursing and medical staff and the outcomes reported are consistent with international best practice.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos
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Transplante de Rim
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article