S Chua1, R Swaminathan2, A Irish2. 1. Department of Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address: samantha.chua@health.wa.gov.au. 2. Department of Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The increasing demand for organ donation has resulted in the use of expanded-criteria donors. Solid organ transplant recipients and potential recipients represent a unique pool of selected organ donors that may help to meet this demand. CASE REPORT: We present 2 cases, a lung transplant recipient and a patient on the lung transplant waiting list, who became kidney donors to 4 recipients. CONCLUSIONS: These donations illustrate the interrelated risks and benefits for transplant recipients who themselves can become unintended, but effective donors. Crown
INTRODUCTION: The increasing demand for organ donation has resulted in the use of expanded-criteria donors. Solid organ transplant recipients and potential recipients represent a unique pool of selected organ donors that may help to meet this demand. CASE REPORT: We present 2 cases, a lung transplant recipient and a patient on the lung transplant waiting list, who became kidney donors to 4 recipients. CONCLUSIONS: These donations illustrate the interrelated risks and benefits for transplant recipients who themselves can become unintended, but effective donors. Crown