Open AccessFactors That Complicated the Implementation of a Program of Donation After Unexpected Circulatory Death of Lungs and Kidneys. Lessons Learned From a Regional Trial in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Leonie H Venema,
Aukje Brat,
Danielle M. Nijkamp,
Christina Krikke,
Henri G. D. Leuvenink,
W. C. De Jongh,
Tjarda N. Tromp,
J. Adam van der Vliet,
Bas W J Bens,
Michiel E. Erasmus
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002814
Subject(s) - medicine , donation , economic shortage , organ donation , transplantation , intensive care medicine , declaration , inclusion and exclusion criteria , resuscitation , emergency medicine , surgery , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine , government (linguistics)
Organ shortage remains a problem in transplantation. An expansion of the donor pool could be the introduction of unexpected donation after circulatory death (uDCD) donors. The goal of this study was to increase the number of transplantable kidneys and lungs by implementing a uDCD protocol.