Harvesting the lung of a brain-death donor by international standardized methods

VernacularTitle:国际标准化脑死亡供肺获取1例
Author: Shugao YE ; Jingyu CHEN ; Feng LIU ; Ji ZHANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
From: Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2008;12(40):7998-8000
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: This study was designed to summarize the clinical experience of harvesting the lung of a brain-death donor by international standardized methods so as to establish a set of standards and regulations that are applicable for harvesting the lung of brain-death donors in China. The patient was strictly determined according to international standardized method by two or more advanced neurologists, neurocranial surgeon, anesthetists, and ICU specialists using brain death diagnostic standards and brain death diagnostic technological specification. The family members signed a informed consent of abandoning treatment for brain death and he was a volunteer organ donor. The operation was performed on 1 brain-death donor who had endured 50 hours of mechanical ventilation to evaluate brain death and organ function. The donor was assessed by donor lung function test and international brain death standard. Then the organ was ready for lung transplantation.