title: [Organ donation after brain death due to child abuse].
abstract: More than 40 percent of deaths from child abuse occur among children younger than 5 years. The injury pattern in child abuse is block abuse head trauma which in the most severe cases produces brain death. Organ donation is uncommon in children younger than five years. We describe two cases of child abuse that caused brain death; subsequently they were subsidiary for organ donation. It is very important to establish a good coordination between health, social care and legal assistance teams to obtain organ donation.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, España.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: del Villar-Guerra
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España.
authors.forename: Corsino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rey Galán
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vivanco Allende
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medina Villanueva
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement