TY - JOUR
T1 - A Practical Approach to Clinical Lung Transplantation From a Maastricht Category III Donor With Cardiac Death
AU - Oto, Takahiro
AU - Levvey, Bronwyn
AU - McEgan, Robin
AU - Davies, Andrew
AU - Pilcher, David
AU - Williams, Trevor
AU - Marasco, Silvana
AU - Rosenfeldt, Franklin
AU - Snell, Gregory
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the Alfred Foundation, Lilly Foundation, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, Rotary Club of Williamstown and CARG (Roche Australia).
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Although donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to provide a novel source of organs for lung transplantation, even in a controlled DCD situation such as a Maastricht Category III donor (withdrawal of treatment), the limited time frame available after the declaration of death to initiate procurement and preservation remains challenging. Indeed, no publication has detailed the exact time frames and technique applicable for successful Maastricht Category III DCD lung procurement. In this patient report, withdrawal of life-support treatment and death certification was performed in the intensive care unit and the lungs were procured in an operating room 49 minutes after cardiac arrest and successfully transplanted (cold ischemia time <6 hours) into a severely ill recipient with primary pulmonary hypertension.
AB - Although donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to provide a novel source of organs for lung transplantation, even in a controlled DCD situation such as a Maastricht Category III donor (withdrawal of treatment), the limited time frame available after the declaration of death to initiate procurement and preservation remains challenging. Indeed, no publication has detailed the exact time frames and technique applicable for successful Maastricht Category III DCD lung procurement. In this patient report, withdrawal of life-support treatment and death certification was performed in the intensive care unit and the lungs were procured in an operating room 49 minutes after cardiac arrest and successfully transplanted (cold ischemia time <6 hours) into a severely ill recipient with primary pulmonary hypertension.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healun.2006.11.599
DO - 10.1016/j.healun.2006.11.599
M3 - Article
C2 - 17258156
AN - SCOPUS:33846391582
SN - 1053-2498
VL - 26
SP - 196
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
JF - Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
IS - 2
ER -