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Donation After Cardiac Death

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The gap between the number of patients on the waiting list and the number of organs available for transplant is continuing to widen. Along with exploring living donation, donation after cardiac death (DCD) presents an excellent source of organs and adds to the supply of organs available for transplant. Results have shown that kidneys and pancreata from DCD donors do equally well in the long term. The results for livers from DCD donors have a higher rate of complications, but nonetheless, have acceptable results in terms of patient and graft survival.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Janet Fox and Krista Lund in assisting with the research and editing for this chapter. Also, would like to acknowledge Michael Anderson and James Anderson at the University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation in providing documents pertaining to DCD recoveries/protocols.

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  1. Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Emily B. Ahmed M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Ave, BX7375 Clinical Science Cntr-H4, Madison, WI, 53792-3284, USA

    Anthony M. D’Alessandro M.D.

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    Kathirvel Subramaniam

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Ahmed, E.B., D’Alessandro, A.M. (2017). Donation After Cardiac Death. In: Subramaniam, K., Sakai, T. (eds) Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6377-5_3

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