title: Non-heart-beating lung donation: how big is the pool?
abstract: Lungs from non-heart-beating (NHB) donors are seldom used in The Netherlands despite the good quality of these organs. Based on a retrospective analysis of 162 NHB donor procedures we found that only 5% of the lungs were actually utilized, but that 30% of the lungs were suitable for transplantation. Not recognizing the suitability of NHB lungs is likely the main reason for their non-availability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Donation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. d.m.nijkamp@chir.umcg.nl
authors.forename: Danielle M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Nijkamp
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van der Bij
authors.forename: Erik A M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Verschuuren
authors.forename: Martin B A
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Heemskerk
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Buijzer
authors.forename: Michiel E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Erasmus