Organ Donation after Damage Control Strategy in Trauma Patients: Experience from First Level Trauma Center in Italy.

ABSTRACT: Organ donation (OD) remains the only therapeutic option for end-stage disease in some cases. Unfortunately, the gap between donors and recipients is still substantial. Trauma patients represent a potential yet underestimated pool of organ donors. In this article, we present our data on OD after damage control strategy (DCS). A retrospective, observational cohort study was conducted through a complete revision of data of consecutive adult trauma patients (>18 years old) who underwent OD after DCS between January 2018 and May 2021. Four subgroups were created [Liver (Li), Lungs (Lu), Heart (H), Kidneys (K)] to compare variables between those who donated the organ of interest and those who did not. Thirty-six patients underwent OD after DCS. Six patients (16.7%) were excluded: 2(5.6%) for mis

SUBMITTER: Altomare M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8877798 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature