Lung Donation and Transplant Recipient Outcomes at Independent vs Hospital-Based Donor Care Units.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Centralizing deceased organ donor management and organ recovery into donor care units (DCUs) may mitigate the critical organ shortage by positively impacting donation and recipient outcomes.

Objective

To compare donation and lung transplant outcomes between 2 common DCU models: independent (outside of acute-care hospitals) and hospital-based.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a retrospective cohort study of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network deceased donor registry and lung transplant recipient files from 21 US donor service areas with an operating DCU. Characteristics and lung donation rates among deceased donors cared for in independent vs hospital-based DCUs were compared. Eligible participants included deceased organ donors (aged 16 y

SUBMITTER: Vail EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11200140 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature