Open AccessDonación de órganos tras muerte encefálica debida a maltrato infantil
Author(s) -
Pablo del VillarGuerra,
Corsino Rey Galán,
Ana Vivanco Allende,
A. Medina Villanueva
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2015.e31
Subject(s) - organ donation , medicine , child abuse , donation , pediatrics , psychiatry , surgery , injury prevention , medical emergency , poison control , transplantation , political science , law
More than 40 percent of deaths from child abuse occur among children younger than 5 years. The injury pattern in child abuse is block abuse head trauma which in the most severe cases produces brain death. Organ donation is uncommon in children younger than five years. We describe two cases of child abuse that caused brain death; subsequently they were subsidiary for organ donation. It is very important to establish a good coordination between health, social care and legal assistance teams to obtain organ donation.