Organ Transplantation Outcomes of Deceased Organ Donors in Organ Procurement Organization-Based Recovery Facilities Versus Acute-Care Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recovery of donated organs at organ procurement organization (OPO)-based recovery facilities has been proposed to improve organ donation outcomes, but few data exist to characterize differences between facilities and acute-care hospitals.

Research question

To compare donation outcomes between organ donors that underwent recovery procedures in OPO-based recovery facilities and hospitals.

Design

Retrospective study of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data. From a population-based sample of deceased donors after brain death April 2017 to June 2021, donation outcomes were examined in 10 OPO regions with organ recovery facilities. Primary exposure was organ recovery procedure in an OPO-based organ recovery. Primary outcome was the number of organs

SUBMITTER: Vail EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150267 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature