Understanding the Final Disposition of Livers Declined After the Start of Procurement: A Nationwide Organ Procurement Organization Effort

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikole A. Neidlinger ◽  
Christopher Brown ◽  
Patrick Wood ◽  
Jeff Traseger ◽  
Dan Lebovitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization ◽  
Final Disposition

scholarly journals The Impact and Implications of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Procurement Outside of an Epicenter

2021 ◽  
pp. 152692482110028
Author(s):  
Janice Jene Hudgins ◽  
Allison Jo Boyer ◽  
Kristen Danielle Orr ◽  
Clint Allen Hostetler ◽  
Jeffrey Paul Orlowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Variable Impact ◽  
Single Organ

The COVID-19 pandemic has been well-documented to have a variable impact on individual communities and health care systems. We describe the experience of a single organ procurement organization (OPO), located in an area without a large cluster of cases during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. A review of community health data describing the impact of COVID-19 nationally and in Oklahoma was conducted. Additionally, a retrospective review of available OPO data from March 2019-May 2020 was performed. While the amount of donor referrals received and organs recovered by the OPO remained stable in the initial months of the pandemic, the observed organs transplanted vs. expected organs transplanted (O:E) decreased to the lowest number in the 15-month period and organs transplanted decreased as well. Fewer organs from Oklahoma donors were accepted for transplant despite staff spending more time allocating organs.

Point-of-care testing in an organ procurement organization donor management setting

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 48-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
K A Baier ◽  
L E Markham ◽  
S P Flaigle ◽  
P W Nelson ◽  
C F Shield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Point Of Care Testing ◽  
Donor Management ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization

Comparison of 1 vs 2 Brain Death Examinations on Time to Death Pronouncement and Organ Donation

Neurology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 96 (10) ◽  
pp. e1453-e1461
Author(s):  
Panayiotis N. Varelas ◽  
Mohammed Rehman ◽  
Chandan Mehta ◽  
Lisa Louchart ◽  
Lonni Schultz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Death ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Consent Rate ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization ◽  
Time To Death ◽  
Elapsed Time

ObjectiveTo fill the evidence gap on the value of a single brain death (SBD) or dual brain death (DBD) examination by providing data on irreversibility of brain function, organ donation consent, and transplantation.MethodsTwelve-year tertiary hospital and organ procurement organization data on brain death (BD) were combined and outcomes, including consent rate for organ donation and organs recovered and transplanted after SBD and DBD, were compared after multiple adjustments for covariates.ResultsA total of 266 patients were declared BD, 122 after SBD and 144 after DBD. Time from event to BD declaration was longer by an average of 20.9 hours after DBD (p = 0.003). Seventy-five (73%) families of patients with SBD and 86 (72%) with DBD consented for organ donation (p = 0.79). The number of BD examinations was not a predictor for consent. No patient regained brain function during the periods following BD. Patients with SBD were more likely to have at least 1 lung transplanted (p = 0.031). The number of organs transplanted was associated with the number of examinations (β coefficient [95% confidence interval] −0.5 [−0.97 to −0.02]; p = 0.044), along with age (for 5-year increase, −0.36 [−0.43 to −0.29]; p < 0.001) and PaO2 level (for 10 mm Hg increase, 0.026 [0.008–0.044]; p = 0.005) and decreased as the elapsed time to BD declaration increased (p = 0.019).ConclusionsA single neurologic examination to determine BD is sufficient in patients with nonanoxic catastrophic brain injuries. A second examination is without additional yield in this group and its delay reduces the number of organs transplanted.

Increasing Referrals and Donations Using the Transplant Center Development Model

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark T Gravel ◽  
Penelope Szeman
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Tissue Donation ◽  
Staff Education ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization ◽  
Organ And Tissue Donation ◽  
Transplant Center ◽  
Donation Process

Although transplantation centers directly benefit from organ and tissue donation, they continue to yield low organ and tissue referral and donation rates. Our medical center and organ procurement organization developed a model to increase referral and donation rates. This model, called the Transplant Center Development Model, facilitates the donation process, specializes staff education, and promotes administrative involvement. After it was was implemented at our medical center in 1991, the referral and donation rates from 1988 to 1990 were compared with those from 1991 to 1993. The results showed that after implementation of the model, the organ referral mean increased 47%; the organ donation mean, 50%; and the tissue donation mean, 117%. These findings suggest that this model may be a valuable tool in transplant center development.

Clinical Results of an Organ Procurement Organization Effort to Increase Utilization of Donors after Cardiac Death

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 1368-1371 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Whiting ◽  
Francis Delmonico ◽  
Paul Morrissey ◽  
Giacomo Basadonna ◽  
Scott Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Death ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Clinical Results ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization

Rapid improvement in organ procurement organization performance: Potential for change and impact of new leadership

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 3567-3573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaheh Niroomand ◽  
Alejandro Mantero ◽  
Manasa Narasimman ◽  
Cindy Delgado ◽  
David Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Organization Performance ◽  
Performance Potential ◽  
Rapid Improvement ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization

scholarly journals LO66: Solid organ donation from the emergency department: A death review

CJEM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (S1) ◽  
pp. S31-S32
Author(s):  
J. McCallum ◽  
R. Yip ◽  
S. Dhanani ◽  
I. Stiell
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Primary Outcome ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization

Introduction: A significant gap exists between the number of people waiting for an organ and donors. There are currently 1,628 people awaiting organ donation in Ontario alone. In 2018 to date, 310 donors have donated 858 organs. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were missed donors in the Emergency Department (ED) and by what percent those missed donors would increase organ donation overall. Methods: This was a health records and organ donation database review of all patients who died in the ED at a large academic tertiary care center with 2 campuses and 160,000 visits per year. Patients were included from November 1, 2014 – October 31, 2017. We collected data on demographics, cause of death, and suitability for organ donation. Data was cross-referenced between hospital records and the provincial organ procurement organization called Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) to determine whether patients were appropriately referred for consideration of donation in a timely manner. Potential missed donors were manually screened for suitability according to TGLN criteria. We calculated simple descriptive statistics for demographic data and the primary outcome. The primary outcome was percentage of potential organ donors missed in the Emergency Department (ED). Results: There were 606 deaths in the ED from November 1, 2014 – October 31, 2017. Patients were an average of 71 years old, 353 (58%) were male, and 75 (12%) died of a traumatic cause. TGLN was not contacted in 12 (2%) of cases. During this period there were two donors from the ED and 92 from the ICU. There were ten missed potential donors. They were an average of 67 years, 7 (70%) were male, and 2 (20%) died of a traumatic cause. In all ten cases, patients had withdrawal of life sustaining measures for medical futility prior to TGLN being contacted for consideration of donation. There could have been an addition seven liver, six pancreatic islet, four small bowel, and seven kidney donors. The ten missed ED donors could have increased total donors by 11%. Conclusion: The ED is a significant source of missed organ donors. In all cases of missed organ donation, patients had withdrawal of life sustaining measures prior to TGLN being called. In the future, it is essential that all patients have an organ procurement organization such as TGLN called prior to withdrawal of life sustaining measures to ensure that no opportunity for consideration of organ donation is missed.

Perceptions and Attitudes toward Organ Procurement and Transplantation: A Medical Community Survey Analysis

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E Grenier ◽  
Allen S Joseph ◽  
Louise M Jacobbi
Keyword(s):  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Organ Procurement Organization ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Future Education

The practitioner who recognizes and facilitates donor referral plays a pivotal role in the donor process. Mechanisms that help to identify and resolve issues for these practitioners are crucial. To identify barriers and issues that the community perceives as important, a survey to elicit the perceptions, attitudes, and ethical values of its respondents—specifically with regard to the donor process—was commissioned. The main components of the instrument included perceived problems, attitudes and ethical values, knowledge of consent process, medical and legal knowledge of brain death, organ procurement organization problems and suggestions for improvement, future education recommendations, and socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent. The survey confirmed issues of concern and brought to surface issues that have an underlying negative influence on the donor process.

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