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Cadaveric donor selection and management.

Sean M Studer1, Jonathan B Orens

  • 1Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg, PA 15213, USA.

Respiratory Care Clinics of North America
|December 9, 2004
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Lung transplant waiting lists are long, causing patient deaths. Utilizing organs from marginal donors and improving management are key to increasing transplants and saving lives.

Area of Science:

  • Medicine
  • Transplantation Surgery
  • Organ Donation

Background:

  • The demand for lung donors significantly exceeds availability, leading to high rates of morbidity and mortality among patients awaiting transplantation.
  • Current strategies focus on increasing consent rates, which require societal changes, while also exploring ways to improve organ procurement and donor management within the transplant community.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the critical shortage of lung donors and the resulting disparity in organ availability for potential recipients.
  • To explore strategies for increasing lung transplantation, including the use of marginal donors and enhanced donor management, as alternatives to solely relying on societal changes for consent rates.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing current practices and data related to lung donor acceptability criteria.

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  • Analyzing the potential trade-offs between using marginal donors and the risks of increased complications or mortality.
  • Drawing parallels with ongoing research in kidney transplantation regarding extended-criteria donors.

    • Main Results:

    • The disparity between lung donor availability and recipient need results in significant patient morbidity and mortality.
    • Increased organ procurement from marginal donors and improved donor management are achievable through research and practice changes.
    • Transplanting organs from marginal or extended-criteria donors may involve some increased risks, which must be balanced against the risks faced by patients on the waiting list.

    Conclusions:

    • Maximizing the benefits of lung transplantation requires incorporating limited data on donor acceptability into current practices.
    • Further analysis, similar to that in kidney transplantation, is needed to fully understand the implications of using marginal donors in lung transplantation.
    • While societal interventions to increase consent are desirable, immediate improvements can be made through optimizing organ procurement and donor management.