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Expanding the donor pool: the elderly non-heart-beating donor
Mary-Ellen Anton1, Debra Schatz-Salzman
1Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, University of Miami, Miami, Fla, USA.
Progress in Transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
|April 12, 2003
Abstract:
The need for transplantable organs continues to far outweigh the number of organs available for transplantation through donation. To date, many avenues for expanding the donor pool have been explored, including non-heart-beating donor protocols and the expansion of acceptable criteria. This case study reviews the successful procurement of a liver and kidney from a 72-year-old non-heart-beating donor.