Citation

Del Villar-Guerra P, Rey Galán C, Vivanco Allende A, Medina Villanueva A. Arch. Argent. Pediatr. 2015; 113(1): e31-3.

Vernacular Title

Donación de órganos tras muerte encefálica debida a maltrato infantil.

Affiliation

Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria)

DOI

10.1590/S0325-00752015000100017

PMID

25622174

Abstract

More than 40 percent of deaths from child abuse occur among children younger than 5 years. The injury pattern in child abuse is block abuse head trauma which in the most severe cases produces brain death. Organ donation is uncommon in children younger than five years. We describe two cases of child abuse that caused brain death; subsequently they were subsidiary for organ donation. It is very important to establish a good coordination between health, social care and legal assistance teams to obtain organ donation.

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