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Effect of Donor Death by Drug Intoxication Combined with Chronic Drug Abuse on Lung Transplantation: A Single Center Study
In the field of lung transplantation, there is a high wait list mortality. Broader use of extended criteria donors would provide additional organs for transplantation. An increasing number of organ donors are dying from drug overdose. These donors are often considered “high risk” because of their exposure to infectious diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis B and C. However, these organ donors are often younger and healthier than those that die from stroke or cardiac arrest. Successful use of lung donors who have a history of drug abuse may serve to provide addit ional organs for those patients on the wait list.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: E.C. Klipsch, T. Hathaway, R.S. Mangus Tags: (330) Source Type: research