title: Organ donors with exceptional medical conditions also count!
abstract: All organ donors, even those who have died under exceptional conditions, can provide at least one valid organ for transplantation. It is thus necessary to evaluate the outcomes of donors with unusual diseases. We reviewed 909 organ donors at six hospitals over the last 15 years. Of these, 29 (3.19%) were considered to be exceptional either because of prior disease, the circumstance of death, or complications arising during admission. Among the 53 organs transplanted from all these donors (except two), the mean number of valid organs per donor was 1.88 rather than 2.36 for standard donors. One patient who received a liver transplant died due to the same infection as that diagnosed in the donor. The remaining recipients experienced no primary graft failure or transmission of problems present in the donor.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Coordinators for the "Malaga Sector," Malaga, Spain. mangel.frutos.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Frutos
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mansilla
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lebrón
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daga
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ortuño
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carballo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vázquez
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D002102:Cadaver; D002423:Cause of Death; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D018579:Patient Selection; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*; D014850:Waiting Lists