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[Organ donation after circulatory death]. [PDF]
Der Nervenarzt, 2016 Approximately 17 million inhabitants live in the Netherlands. The number of potential organ donors in 1999 was the lowest in Europe with only 10 donors per million inhabitants. Medical associations, public health services, health insurance companies and the government had to find common solutions in order to improve organ allocation, logistics of ...
de Jonge, Jeroen +6 more
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Determination of death in donation after circulatory death [PDF]
Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2018 The recently developed donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplant technique, pioneered by Papworth Hospital in the UK, involves the use of extracorporeal perfusion technologies to restart the donor heart in situ and thereby restore the donor's own circulation, after first isolating the donor's cerebral circulation.
McGee, Andrew +2 more
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Lung donation after circulatory death [PDF]
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery, 2023 Donation after circulatory death (DCD) defines organs procurement after death determined using circulatory criteria, as opposed to a declaration based on neurological criteria.
Valeria Musso +6 more
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Heart Transplantation With Donation After Circulatory Death [PDF]
Circulation. Heart failure, 2019 Heart transplantation remains the preferred option for improving quality of life and survival for patients suffering from end-stage heart failure. Unfortunately, insufficient supply of cardiac grafts has become an obstacle. Increasing organ availability with donation after circulatory death (DCD) may be a promising option to overcome the organ shortage.
Niederberger, Petra +12 more
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Death, permanence and current practice in donation after circulatory death [PDF]
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2016 The paper briefly discusses current practice in donation after circulatory death, focusing on the circulatory-respiratory criterion for declaring death.
Gardiner, Dale, McGee, Andrew
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Lung donation after circulatory death [PDF]
Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2019 Purpose of review The current review presents a concise update on published literature on donation after circulatory death (DCD) and lung transplantation (LTx). Worldwide an increasing need for lungs is evident, however the utilization rate of DCD lung donors is still considerably low.
Ceulemans, Laurens J. +2 more
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European Vignettes in Donation After Circulatory Death
Progress in Transplantation, 2017 Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is increasing in Europe, yet there is widespread variability in practice. Insight into actual practice is difficult to acquire simply by analyzing protocols and laws from each individual country. For this reason, the 3 DCD vignettes in this article have been constructed to outline routine and standard DCD practice
Gardiner, Dale +5 more
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Donation after circulatory death [PDF]
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2012 Donation after circulatory death (DCD) describes the retrieval of organs for the purposes of transplantation that follows death confirmed using circulatory criteria. The persisting shortfall in the availability of organs for transplantation has prompted many countries to re-introduce DCD schemes not only for kidney retrieval but increasingly for other ...
A R, Manara, P G, Murphy, G, O'Callaghan
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When are bereaved family members approached for consent to organ donation? Commentary from 10 European member states [PDF]
, 2014 Background - To scope the timing of the approach to bereaved family members and request for organ donation in DBD and DCD potential donors, in 10 European member states. Are there changes in established practice regarding when family members are asked to
Long-Sutehall, Tracy +4 more
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Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death: Benchmark Study [PDF]
, 2020 In potential organ donors after circulatory death (P), does the utilization of an evidence-based critical pathway from identification of potential donor to organ donation (I) versus no utilization of an evidence-based critical pathway (C) increase the ...
Strait, Marilyn R
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