[Organ donation from alcohol and opioid-abusing patient].
A case of a 37-year old obese patient with alcohol, sedative and opioid abuse as well as previous admissions with chest pain is presented. The patient suffered from a large subarachnoid haemorrhage and the clinical diagnosis of brain death was made. He had substantial signs of organ failure. The patient was registered as a potential organ donor in the Danish Registry for Organ Donation, and his heart and kidneys were donated. Considering all brain dead patients as potential organ donors is important.
Ostergaard
Mette
M
Rigshospitalet, Neurocentret, Neuroanaestesiologisk Klinik, Neuro Intensiv Afsnit 2093. metteoestergaard@dadlnet.dk
Welling
Karen-Lise Kobberø
KL
D000328:Adult; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting