Clinical transplantation
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Clinical transplantation · Feb 2001
Thoracic organ donor characteristics associated with successful lung procurement.
A shortage of suitable donors is the major impediment to clinical lung transplantation. The rate of lung recovery from potential donors is lower than that for other organs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate what factors could be modified to improve the rate of cadaver lung recovery. ⋯ Early contact with the donor referral network, and corticosteroids may help to improve the lung procurement rate from potential donors.
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To identify those factors that enhance or inhibit organ donation in order to provide data to help policy makers, hospital administrators and transplantation professionals make informed choices about how to modify the donor system and to structure 'best practice' interventions. ⋯ A number of discussion and HCP characteristics are associated with a family's willingness to consent to organ donation. Further study is needed to determine if interventions based on the characteristics identified in this study will increase consent to donation.