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Deceased Organ Donation
Author(s) -
Israni A. K.,
Zaun D.,
Bolch C.,
Rosendale J. D.,
Snyder J. J.,
Kasiske B. L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.13673
Subject(s) - organ procurement , organ donation , medicine , donation , procurement , yield (engineering) , transplantation , conversation , emergency medicine , business , marketing , psychology , metallurgy , materials science , communication , economics , economic growth
ABSTRACT SRTR uses data collected by OPTN to calculate metrics such as donation/conversion rate, organ yield, and rate of organs recovered for transplant but not transplanted. In 2014, 9252 eligible deaths were reported by organ procurement organizations, a slight increase from 8944 in 2012, and the donation/conversation rate was 73.4 eligible donors per 100 eligible deaths, a slight increase from 71.3 in 2013. Some metrics show variation across organ procurement organizations, suggesting that sharing best practices could lead to gains in efficiency and organ retrieval.