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Functional Human Liver Preservation and Recovery by Means of Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion
Published on: April 27, 2015
[Organ donation from alcohol and opioid-abusing patient]
Mette Ostergaard1, Karen-Lise Kobberø Welling
1Rigshospitalet, Neurocentret, Neuroanaestesiologisk Klinik, Neuro Intensiv Afsnit 2093. metteoestergaard@dadlnet.dk
Abstract:
A case of a 37-year old obese patient with alcohol, sedative and opioid abuse as well as previous admissions with chest pain is presented. The patient suffered from a large subarachnoid haemorrhage and the clinical diagnosis of brain death was made. He had substantial signs of organ failure. The patient was registered as a potential organ donor in the Danish Registry for Organ Donation, and his heart and kidneys were donated. Considering all brain dead patients as potential organ donors is important.
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