Lungs from donation after circulatory death donors: an alternative source to brain-dead donors? Midterm results at a single institution
Open Access
- 26 February 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 42 (3), 542-549
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezs096
Abstract
Donor organ shortage remains to be the major limitation in lung transplantation, and donation after circulatory death (DCD) might represent one way to alleviate this problem. DCD was introduced to our institution in 2007 and has been a part of our clinical routine since then. Here, we present the mid-term results of lung transplantation from DCD in a single institution and compare the outcomes with the lung recipient cohort receiving lungs from donation after brain death (DBD). Since initiation of the DCD programme in March 2007, of the 157 lung transplantations performed, 26 (16.5%) were retrieved from DCD donors, with 25 double- and 1 single-lung transplants being performed. Results were compared with standard DBD transplantations. Analyses included, amongst others, donor characteristics, survival, prevalence of primary graft dysfunction, acute rejection, lung function tests during follow-up, onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) as well as duration of mechanical ventilation, hospital and intensive care unit length of stay. While there was no significant difference between lung function, BOS and survival between the two groups, lungs from DCD donors had a higher PaO2 (median; interquartile range) 498.3 (451.5; 525) vs. DBD 442.5 (371.25; 502) kPa before retrieval (P = 0.009). There was also a longer total ischaemic time in the DCD vs. DBD group: 320 min (298.75; 393.25) vs. 285.5 min (240; 373) (P = 0.025). All other parameters were comparable. Medium-term results after lung transplantation with organs procured after circulatory death are comparable with those obtained after standard lung transplantation. Therefore, DCD could be used to significantly increase the donor pool.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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