Organ donationDeceased donorOrgan Shortage Crisis: Problems and Possible Solutions
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Current Medical and Social Innovations as Solutions
The following procedures and protocols have been shown to provide possible and practical solutions to the organ shortage crisis: (1) educational programs for hospitals, ICU staff, coordinators, and the general public; (2) appropriate use of marginal or extended criteria donors (ECD), and donors with cardiac death (DCD); (3) acceptance of the concept of presumed consent; (4) use of living donors for kidney, liver, pancreas, and lung; (5) paired organ donation; (6) implementation of a system of
Summary and Conclusions
Shortage of organs for transplantation has become a major crisis in most countries of the world. In the US in 2006 there were 95,000 patients on the waiting list, only 28,140 patients were transplanted, and 6120 patients died a waiting a transplant. The following procedures and protocols are being considered as these can provide effective solutions to the organ-shortage crisis: (1) educational programs for ICU staff and coordinators using the Donor Action System developed in several European
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