The researchers note that these data alone do not capture
all potential deceased organ donors in the U.S., as the current definition of an eligible death excludes potential donors over age 70, and those classified as a «donation after cardiac death» donor, both of which broaden the pool of available donors.
Not exact matches
The research team identified
potential deceased donors based on specific criteria such as a ventilated inpatient death of a patient 75 years or younger, without multi-
organ system failure, sepsis, or cancer, and whose cause of death was consistent with
organ donation — which includes neurologic determination of death (DNDD) or circulatory determination of death (DCDD).
In this study, researchers utilized national data on inpatient deaths in the United States to estimate the
potential supply of
deceased organ donors, and used these data, in combination with State Inpatient Databases (SIDs) to develop new metrics of OPO performance that better reflect the true
deceased donor supply in each geographic area.
And in another Penn project, researchers are studying the
potential benefits for some patients to accept kidney transplants from
deceased diabetic donors, rather than remaining on the
organ transplant list for a «lower risk» transplant.