The profile of potential organ and tissue donors

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Edvaldo Leal De Moraes²  Leonardo Borges De Barros E Silva¹  Tatiana Cristine De Moraes¹  Nair Cordeiro Dos Santos Da Paixão¹  Nelly Miyuki Shinohara Izumi¹  Aparecida De Jesus Guarino¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Medicina Hospital da ClínicasBrazil

关键词: organ transplantation;    brain death;    intensive care units;    trasplante de órganos;    muerte encefálica;    unidades de terapia intensiva;    transplante de órgãos;    morte encefálica;    unidades de terapia intensiva;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692009000500019

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to characterize donors according to gender, age group, cause of brain death; quantify donors with hypernatremia, hyperpotassemia and hypopotassemia; and get to know which organs were the most used in transplantations. This quantitative, descriptive, exploratory and retrospective study was performed at the Organ Procurement Organization of the University of São Paulo Medical School Hospital das Clínicas. Data from the medical records of 187 potential donors were analyzed. Cerebrovascular accidents represented 53.48% of all brain death causes, sodium and potassium disorders occurred in 82.36% of cases and 45.46% of the potential donors were between 41 and 60 years old. The results evidenced that natural death causes exceeded traumatic deaths, and that most donors presented sodium and potassium alterations, likely associated to inappropriate maintenance.

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