Imminent Brain Death and the DCD-N Score
1. Recognition of the potential brain- dead organ donor - dr Erwin JO ...
1. Recognition of the potential brain- dead organ donor - dr Erwin JO ...
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Organ transplantation<br />
Department of Intensive Care Adults<br />
Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam<br />
Problems in 1950-1970<br />
1.Warm ischemia of <strong>the</strong> dead donor<br />
2. Rejection of <strong>the</strong> transplanted organ<br />
Problems nowadays<br />
1. Low availability of donor organs (more<br />
patients on <strong>the</strong> waiting lists than donororgans<br />
available)<br />
2. Long term co-morbidity (malignancies)<br />
after transplantation
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