title: The Washington, D.C. experience with uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death: promises and pitfalls.
abstract: The author recounts his experience with an uDCD program that ran for three years at the Washington Hospital I Center in Washington, D.C. in the 1990s. Challenges, I benefits, and lessons learned are considered in depth. A I primary focus is the importance of community education, Organ Procurement Organization support, and the need for immediate in-situ preservation of organs.
authors.affiliation: Transplantation,Washington Hospital Center, USA.
authors.forename: Jimmy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Light
mesh_terms: D003643:Death; D004219:District of Columbia; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014850:Waiting Lists