Activation Policy for Brain-dead Organ Donation.
- Author:
Young Joo LEE
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Donor pool; Organ transplantation; Potential deceased organ donor; Organ shortage
- MeSH: Humans; Organ Transplantation; Standard of Care; Tissue and Organ Procurement*; Tissue Donors; Transplants
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal 2015;38(1):1-6
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Organ transplantation has become the standard of care for treatment of end stage organ failure patients medically suitable for transplantation. Unfortunately, the availability of transplantable organs has not been able to meet the high demand. The organ shortage of transplantation has become worldwide and a national crisis. Despite various attempts to expand the donor pool, the difference between organ supply and organ demand continues. This article reviews methods to increase the number of potential deceased organ donor and the number of organs per donor by aggressive donor management protocol.
