Anest. intenziv. Med. 2020;31(3):114-118 | DOI: 10.36290/aim.2020.005

Donation after cardiac death: How to do it?Review Article

Schmidt M.1, Pokorná E.2, Duška F.1
1 Klinika anesteziologie a resuscitace 3. lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady, Praha
2 Oddělení odběrů orgánů a transplantačních databází, Transplantcentrum, Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny, Praha

Implementation of donation after circulatory death (DCD) program has a potential to significantly increase the pool of transplantable organs. A typical DCD donor is a patient with unsurvivable brain injury, who does not fulfil formal criteria of brain death. The DCD implementation is supported by Czech legislature and guidelines are available. Yet, only few hospitals have implemented it. This educational paper summarises ethical, medical and logistical challenges related to DCD organ donation program.

Keywords: donor after cardiac death, DCD program, organ donation, organ transplantation.

Received: February 28, 2020; Revised: April 29, 2020; Accepted: May 7, 2020; Prepublished online: June 1, 2020; Published: July 7, 2020  Show citation

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Schmidt M, Pokorná E, Duška F. Donation after cardiac death: How to do it? Anest. intenziv. Med. 2020;31(3):114-118. doi: 10.36290/aim.2020.005.
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