Electronic Tool for Distribution and Allocation of Heart on Donation and Transplantation in Mexico.

Autor: Maqueda Tenorio SE; Centro Nacional de Trasplantes, Distrito Federal, México. Electronic address: silvia.elena.maqueda@gmail.com., Meixueiro Daza LA; Centro Nacional de Trasplantes, Distrito Federal, México., Maqueda Estrada S; MBC Computación, Distrito Federal, México.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Transplantation proceedings [Transplant Proc] 2016 Mar; Vol. 48 (2), pp. 564-7.
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.03.018
Abstrakt: In Mexico and globally, organs and/or tissues donated from deceased people are insufficient to cover the demand for transplants. In 2014, a rate of 3.6 organ donors per million in habitants was recorded; this is reflected in the transplants performed, including heart transplantation, with a rate of 0.4 per million population. According to the legal framework of Mexico, the National Transplant Center is responsible for coordinating National Subsystem of donation and transplantation, and one of its functions is to integrate and backup information regarding donation and transplantation through the National Transplant Registry System. In July 2015, 45 people were registered in the database of patients waiting for a heart transplant, of which 34.61% were female recipients and 65.39% male. Distribution and allocation processes are a key element to provide a fair distribution for those patients waiting for that organ; thus the creation of an electronic tool is proposed, one that aims to support the decision of the donation and/or transplants coordination committee by providing the necessary elements to make this process more efficient.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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