title: [Organ donations from recently decreased donors].
abstract: Annually there are slightly more than 50 cadaveric donors in Norway. This corresponds to an average rate of 12.4 donations per million inhabitants per year during the period 1985-88. This does not meet the demand for hearts, livers, and kidneys for transplantation. In Norway, only a fraction of patients who die of disease leading to brain death become cadaveric donors. There are striking and unexplained differences in donation rates between regions. We discuss strategies to improve the supply of cadaveric organs.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk avdeling B, Rikshospitalet, Oslo.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Norstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flatmark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*
vernacular_title: Donasjon av organer fra nylig avdød giver.