DCD lung donation: donor criteria, procedural criteria, pulmonary graft function validation, and preservation

Michiel E. Erasmus*, Dirk van Raemdonck, Mohammed Zeeshan Akhtar, Arne Neyrinck, David Gomez de Antonio, Andreas Varela, John Dark

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Abstract

In an era where there is a shortage of lungs for transplantation is increased utilization of lungs from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. We review the reports of 11 controlled and 1 uncontrolled DCD programs focusing on donor criteria, procedural criteria, graft assessment, and preservation techniques including the use of ex vivo lung perfusion. We have formulated conclusions and recommendations for each of these areas, which were presented at the 6th International Conference on Organ Donation. A table of recommendations, the grade of recommendations, and references are provided.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)790-797
Number of pages8
JournalTransplant International
Volume29
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul-2016

Keywords

  • donation after cardiac death
  • donation after circulatory death
  • guidelines
  • lung
  • nonheart beating donation
  • review
  • HEART-BEATING DONORS
  • SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
  • CARDIAC DEATH DONORS
  • CATEGORY-III DONOR
  • CIRCULATORY DEATH
  • BRAIN-DEAD
  • TRANSPLANTATION
  • OUTCOMES
  • ORGANS
  • LONG

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