title: Organ recovery following childbirth by a brain-dead mother: a case report.
abstract: Little information is available in the medical and nursing literature concerning organ recovery from brain-dead, pregnant individuals. Many healthcare professionals might rule out such patients as potential donors, especially if childbirth is a possibility. This article presents an actual case study in which the birth of a healthy infant and recovery of organs from the mother were successful. It also reviews the available literature and discusses factors related to organ placement.
authors.affiliation: Ohio Valley LifeCenter, Cincinnati, USA.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Vidovich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001926:Brain Death; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009035:Mothers; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement