Citation

Ornstein DL, Lord KE, Yanofsky NN, Cornell CJ, Zacharski LR. Transplantation 1999; 67(3): 475-478.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/00007890-199902150-00022

PMID

10030297

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Successful organ donation has been reported after death from poisonings with cyanide, carbon monoxide, methanol, benzodiazepines, and tricyclic antidepressants. In this report, we describe a case of multiple organ donation from a previously healthy individual who died from poisoning with the long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide, brodifacoum.
METHODS: Case report and review of the literature.
RESULTS: All organs procured from the poisoned donor functioned adequately, and there were no hemorrhagic complications in any of the recipients.
CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates that brodifacoum poisoning is not an absolute contraindication to organ donation from brain-dead patients who have sustained a fatal ingestion.

Language: en

Keywords

4-Hydroxycoumarins; Adult; Anticoagulants; Corneal Transplantation; Fatal Outcome; Female; Heart Transplantation; Humans; Kidney Transplantation; Liver Transplantation; Lung Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Organ Transplantation; Pancreas Transplantation; Poisoning; Suicide; Tissue Donors