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Most Australian transplantation programs are severely restricted in their activities by a limited availability of cadaveric donor organs. To investigate possible reasons for this problem, an audit was undertaken over three 12-month periods of all deaths in 13 hospitals in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. From 7406 deaths, 271 patients were classified as having been realistic, medically suitable potential donors. Of these, only 60 (22%) became actual donors. In the other 211 patients, donation did not occur because of unsuccessful resuscitation (30%), permission refusal by relatives (34%), and failure to identify or support the potential donors (36%). If the impediments to organ donation which were identified in this study could be overcome, allowing a greater number of potential donors to become actual donors, the chronic shortage of cadaveric donor organs for transplantation could be at least partly relieved.
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
September 1978,
Anaesthesia,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
January 2008,
Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
November 1979,
Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
August 1986,
JAMA,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
March 2002,
Transplantation proceedings,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
January 2012,
The American journal of emergency medicine,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
August 1999,
Transplantation proceedings,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
February 2000,
Transplantation,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
November 1997,
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift,
J F Thompson, and
C J McCosker, and
A D Hibberd, and
J R Chapman, and
J S Compton, and
J F Mahony, and
P J Mohacsi, and
G J MacDonald, and
P M Spratt
September 1999,
Transplantation proceedings,
