Journal article
Nonheartbeating Cadaveric Organ Donation
Annals of surgery, Vol.220(4), pp.578-585
10/1994
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199410000-00016
PMID: 7944668
Abstract
Objective: The authors evaluated the potential use of nonheartbeating (NHB) cadaver donors as an additional source to the current supply of brain-dead cadaver donors.
Summary background data: The numbers of cadaveric donors has not increased significantly during the last 5 years, despite a rising need for transplantable organs. Any improvement in cadaveric organ procurement will depend on the use of previously unrecognized potential donors.
Methods: During a 2-year period, 24 kidneys were retrieved from 12 NHB donors. Nineteen kidneys were transplanted.
Results: These kidneys sustained a mean warm ischemia time of 26 minutes (range 20-35 min). A mean lowest creatinine level of 2.0 mg/dL, (range 1.1-3.0 mg/dL), the rate of postoperative dialysis (22%), and a 1-year graft survival rate of 76% for kidneys from NHB-donated kidneys compare favorably to expected results achieved nationally from brain-dead cadaveric donors.
Conclusions: Nonheartbeating donor kidneys can yield acceptable graft function and be of no disadvantage to recipients of cadaver transplants.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nonheartbeating Cadaveric Organ Donation
- Creators
- Mark S OrioffAlan I ReedErdal ErturkRichard A KrukSueanne A PaprockiSue C CimbaloG. James Cerilli
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of surgery, Vol.220(4), pp.578-585
- DOI
- 10.1097/00000658-199410000-00016
- PMID
- 7944668
- ISSN
- 0003-4932
- eISSN
- 1528-1140
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1994
- Academic Unit
- Accounting; Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984051527302771
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