title: Challenges of paediatric organ donation.
abstract: Paediatric organ donation represents a small fraction of overall organ donation in Australia and New Zealand and indeed world-wide. Many factors contribute to low donation rates including low paediatric intensive care mortality, consent rates and medical suitability relating to disease, age and size. In the past decade, the re-emergence of donation after circulatory death has changed the landscape for the paediatric population. This article reviews the current status and challenges of organ donation for the paediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, DonateLife, Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gelbart
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003643:Death; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009520:New Zealand; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: brain death; consent; infant; newborn; paediatric intensive care unit; tissue and organ procurement