RT Book, Section
A1 Plotkin, Jeffrey
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135743899
T1 Organ Donation
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259641770
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135743899
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  major  obstacle  to  saving  more  lives  through  transplantation  is  the  limited  supply  of  donor  organs  available.  Organ  donation  occurs  via  three  main  avenues:  cadaveric  donation,  non-heart-beating  donors  and  live  donor  donation.  In  2014,  there  were  123,934  patients  waiting  on  all  organ  lists  combined,  while  only  19,426  patients  were  transplanted  from  9512  donors.  Further,  only  5658  donors  were  deceased,  while  the  remaining  3854  were  live  donors.  To  make  matters  worse,  there  are  at  least  twice  as  many  potential  brain-dead  organ  donors  every  year  in  the  United  States  that  for  multiple  reasons  do  not  make  it  to  actual  donation.  It  is  therefore  imperative  that  physicians  learn  how  to  both  recognize  and  effectively  manage  the  brain-dead  organ  donor  to  maximize  the  number  of  organs  available  for  transplantation,  and  thus  the  number  of  lives  saved.