title: Donation after cardiac death in pediatric organ transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this review is to describe the history, current practice, and outcomes of the transplantation of organs donated after cardiac death (DCD) in children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of death on the waiting list is greater for children under 5 years of age than for any other age group. The organ shortage experienced by the general population awaiting transplantation is made more complex due to the need for size-appropriate organs for transplantation into small children. Pediatric DCD organ recovery has been proposed as a means of ameliorating this shortage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of DCD organs has experienced resurgence in the past 15 years, and a growing body of literature supports their use in selected cases. Recent experience in pediatric transplantation using DCD heart, lung, liver, and kidney is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Kim M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Olthoff
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Abt
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003643:Death; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014850:Waiting Lists