Reanimation: overcoming objections and obstacles to organ retrieval from non-heart-beating cadaver donors.
Interest in the retrieval of organs from non-heart-beating cadaver donors has been rekindled by the success of transplantation of solid organs and the insufficient supply of donor organs currently obtained from heart-beating cadaver donors. There are currently two retrieval techniques being evaluated, the in situ cold perfusion approach and the controlled death approach. Both, however, raise ethical concerns. Reanimation is a new method which has been used successfully in animals. We believe this new approach overcomes the ethical objections raised to these other methods.
Orr
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RD
Loma Linda University Medical Center, California, USA.
Gundry
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SR
Bailey
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D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D015925:Cryopreservation; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012151:Resuscitation; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment