The profile of potential organ and tissue donors

Authors

  • Edvaldo Leal de Moraes Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Hospital da Clínicas
  • Leonardo Borges de Barros e Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Hospital da Clínicas
  • Tatiana Cristine de Moraes Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Hospital da Clínicas
  • Nair Cordeiro dos Santos da Paixão Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Hospital da Clínicas
  • Nelly Miyuki Shinohara Izumi Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Hospital da Clínicas
  • Aparecida de Jesus Guarino Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina; Hospital da Clínicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000500019

Keywords:

organ transplantation, brain death, intensive care units

Abstract

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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Published

2009-10-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 5 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

The profile of potential organ and tissue donors. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(5), 716-720. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000500019