Rate of Family Refusal of Organ Donation in Dead- Brain Donors: the Iranian Tissue Bank Experience
| Autor: | M. Mahdavi-Mazdeh, A. Khodadadi, N. Tirgar, N. Riazi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 73-76 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2008-6490 2008-6482 |
| Popis: | Background: The growing gap between organ supply and demand remains a worldwide serious problem.Losing dead-brain donor organs can be attributed to several reasons including un-recognition of potentialdonor by ICU staff, death before official declaration of brain death and high refusal rate of deceaseddonors’ families.Objective: To study the trend of dead-brain patients’ relatives refusal of organ donation from 2007 to 2011.Methods: This study was a retrospective review of all patients who had been introduced as brain death tothe organ procurement unit (OPU) of Iranian Tissue Bank between April 2007 and April 2012 accordingto preliminary neurological exam performed in the hospital of origin. The refusal rate of dead-brainpatients’ families and its reasons was evaluated.Results: A total of 874 ICU admitted patients with severe brain injury (Glasgow coma score |
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