| Literature DB >> 34873631 |
A Rand1, T Koch2, M Ragaller2.
Abstract
In 2019 a total of 756 people died in Germany while registered on the waiting list for an organ transplantation. With 10.8 organ donors/million inhabitants in 2019, Germany belongs to the bottom group in the Eurotransplant foundation as well as worldwide. All political attempts to increase the number of organ donations have so far been unsuccessful. Furthermore, the pandemic triggered by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to a further decline in organ donations. Critical care physicians play an important role in the identification of potential doners and are also the main point of contact for relatives; however, multiple uncertainties exist regarding the process of organ donation not only in discussions in the media and society but also among physicians involved in intensive care medicine. Many assumptions and hypotheses, which have been associated with the low number of donors, lack scientific evidence and are discussed in this article.Entities:
Keywords: Brain death; Circulatory death; Presumed consent; Religious beliefs; Transplantation
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34873631 PMCID: PMC8647959 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-021-01066-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaesthesist ISSN: 0003-2417 Impact factor: 1.052

| Kategorie | Kriterium |
|---|---|
| I | Herzstillstand bei Krankenhausaufnahme ohne erfolgte Reanimation |
| II | Herzstillstand nach frustraner Reanimation |
| III | Erwarteter Herzstillstand, z. B. nach Therapiebeendigung |
| IV | Unerwarteter Herzstillstand nach Diagnosestellung des Hirntods |