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Successful liver transplantation from a donor with brodifacoum intoxication
S Emre1, K Kitabayashi, C M Miller
1The Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
Liver Transplantation and Surgery : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
|November 5, 1999
Abstract:
We describe our use of a liver allograft from a donor who died of intracranial hemorrhage after brodifacoum ingestion. Because brodifacoum can remain in the human body for months, the recipient's posttransplantation coagulation profiles and serum brodifacoum levels were monitored closely. Her posttransplantation course was excellent, with no coagulation problem. At 15 months posttransplantation, she is well, with normal liver function and coagulation profile. We conclude that brodifacoum toxicity is not a strict contraindication to liver donation.