scholarly journals Deceased Heart Beating Donor and Organ Transplantation in Saudi Arabia-2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 446 ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-349
Author(s):  
A. G. R. Sheil

Advances in clinical tissue and organ transplantation have enforced changes in legislation concerning the disposal of bodies and their parts. With the evolution of cardiopulmonary support systems came the concept of brain death. To enable physicians to withdraw support without transgressing the law, recognition in law of brain death was necessary. To ensure that the diagnosis of brain death was certain, eminent doctors in advanced communities have drawn up criteria of brain death which are widely recognised and applied with confidence by the medical profession. Organs for transplantation are best obtained from “heart beating cadavers”. Despite public support for organ transplantation the requirements for organs to treat those presenting are not currently being met even though the number of patients who die and who could be suitable donors far exceeds that required. Increased public education to stimulate voluntary donation is necessary. Standardisation of care of comatose patients in hospitals is also required so that brain death may be diagnosed when it occurs. If the procedures for organ donation are familiar and well understood, suitable patients can then become donors according to their own or their relatives’ wishes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 100 (7) ◽  
pp. 1387-1389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faissal A. M. Shaheen

2009 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Di Pietro ◽  
Paola Parente ◽  
Ciro D’Alò

In presenza di grave insufficienza d’organo, il trapianto è la sola e unica soluzione per salvare la vita del paziente. Si stima che, attualmente, in Italia oltre 9.000 persone siano in lista d’attesa per un trapianto di organo: anche se vi è stato un incremento del numero di donazioni negli ultimi decenni, il gap tra donatori e pazienti in attesa è in continua crescita. Secondo la maggior parte delle società di trapiantologia, i donatori a cuore non battente (NHBD) possono essere una fonte di reperimento degli organi. Quanto la donazione da NHBD può ampliare il pool dei donatori? Quali sono i rischi legati al prelievo di organi da NHBD non solo per il donatore ma anche per il ricevente? Nel tentativo di chiarire almeno alcuni di tali interrogativi abbiamo condotto un’analisi della letteratura scientifica internazionale. Per valutare, poi, la possibilità di ampliamento del pool di donatori con l’introduzione di un protocollo da NHBD nella popolazione pediatrica del Policlinico “A. Gemelli” in Roma, abbiamo condotto uno studio retrospettivo sui pazienti pediatrici deceduti nel corso del triennio 2004-2007. I risultati sembrano indicare la possibilità di raddoppiare il potenziale pool di donatori; questi dati richiedono poi una valutazione attenta, innanzitutto alla luce delle percentuali di opposizione alla donazione che nell’età pediatrica sono ancora più significative che nell’adulto. I risultati ottenuti sono solo il punto di partenza per un’analisi più approfondita sui problemi relativi ai trapianti e alla donazione di organi. ---------- In case of end stage organ failure, organ transplantation is the one and only solution to save patient’s life. Currently, in Italy, more than 9.000 people are awaiting for an organ transplantation; even though the number of organ donation has been increasing during last decades, gap between organ demand and transplantation is still wide. According to ideas of most society of transplantation, non heart beating donors (NHBD) could be a solution to the shortage of organs. How much NHBD could widen donors pool? Which ones and how many risks involve NHBD, even for donors or transplantation recipients? Trying to answer these questions, we led an analysis on NHBD data in international literature. To evaluate the potential of NHBD to expand the pool of donors in pediatric population of “Policlinico Gemelli” in Rome, we studied all deceased pediatric patients in the years 2004-2007. Results showed that the potential pool of donors could be twice as much, but these data should esteem about parental opposition, in particular in pediatric age. These data represent only a starting point for a deeper analysis of transplantation and donation related problems.


Author(s):  
Sherifa Al-Dossary ◽  
Norah Al-Dulaijan ◽  
Shaha Al-Mansour ◽  
Shrooq Al-Zahrani ◽  
Manahil Al-Fridan ◽  
...  

Organ transplantation is the best and often times the only opportunity for patients with end-stage organ disease to survive. In 1985, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was one of the few Arab countries to have started an organ donation program. The program was later expanded and renamed the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) in 1994. This chapter reviews the literature around organ donation and transplantation and introduces the different types of consent and registries available from different parts of the world as a solution for enhancing the process of donation and increasing organ donation rates. It also explores the organ donation process, the role of the SCOT program, and the social and public factors that influence organ donation in Saudi Arabia.


Author(s):  
M. Snoeijs ◽  
R. Matthijsen ◽  
M.H. Christiaans ◽  
J.P. van Hooff ◽  
E. van Heurn ◽  
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