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Allow elective ventilation to recruit more organ donors
Author(s) -
SETTERGREN G.,
MACHADO C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02386.x
Subject(s) - medicine , organ transplantation , transplantation , intensive care medicine , organ donation , ventilation (architecture) , lung transplantation , surgery , general surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering
Transplantation surgery started >50 years ago and has developed into an established medical practice in many countries. We consider it positive if our dead body could be used as an organ or tissue donor. If transplanted, our organs confer other human beings with a longer and better life. There is, however, a relative lack of organs compared with the needs, and many potential recipients die while on the waiting list for transplantation.