TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Can carbon monoxide-poisoned victims be organ donors?
JO  - Medical gas research
A1  - Fujisaki, Noritomo
A1  - Nakao, Atsunori
A1  - Osako, Takaaki
A1  - Nishimura, Takeshi
A1  - Yamada, Taihei
A1  - Kohama, Keisuke
A1  - Sakata, Hiroyuki
A1  - Ishikawa-Aoyama, Michiko
A1  - Kotani, Joji
SP  - 13
EP  - 13
VL  - 4
IS  - 
N2  - The increasing demand for organ allografts to treat end-stage organ failure has driven changes in traditional donor criteria. Patients who have succumbed to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, a common cause of toxicological mortality, are usually rejected as organ donors. To fulfill the increasing demand, selection criteria must be expanded to include CO-poisoned donors. However, the use of allografts exposed to high CO concentrations is still under debate. Basic research and literature review data suggest that patients with brain death caused by CO poisoning should be considered appropriate organ donors. Accepting organs from CO-poisoned victims could increase the number of potential donors and lower the death rate of patients on the waiting lists. This review and reported cases may increase awareness among emergency department physicians, as well as transplant teams, that patients dying of CO exposure may be acceptable organ donors.<p/>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2045-9912
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2045-9912-4-13
ID  - ref1
ER  -