The real number of organs from uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death donors

Thomas M Egan; Stephen Wall; Lewis Goldfrank; John J Requard 3rd

doi:10.1111/ajt.16443

The real number of organs from uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death donors

Am J Transplant. 2021 Jun;21(6):2301-2302. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16443. Epub 2021 Jan 12.

Authors

Thomas M Egan^{1

2}, Stephen Wall³, Lewis Goldfrank³, John J Requard 3rd²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
² Organs for Life, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.

PMID: 33320990
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16443

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; donors and donation: donation after circulatory death (DCD); ethics; ethics and public policy; law/legislation; organ procurement; organ procurement and allocation; organ transplantation in general; waitlist management.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular System*
Death
Humans
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement*
United States

Grants and funding

R38OT08761/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)