High-Risk and Hepatitis C –Positive Organ Donors: Current Practice in Heart, Lung, and Liver Transplantation

THE UNITED Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) adopted the label “high risk” from the Public Health Service (PHS) in 2004 in order to improve organ safety by reducing disease transmission. This has resulted in nonutilization of organs from patients who are otherwise healthy but deemed high risk because of social behaviors or illicit drug use. Organ availabili ty remains the limiting factor to organ transplantation, and the number of patients awaiting transplantation is outpacing the number of transplantations being performed.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research