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. 2008 Sep;27(9):1040-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.05.027. Epub 2008 Jul 26.

Non-heart-beating lung donation: how big is the pool?

Danielle M Nijkamp  1 , Wim van der Bij, Erik A M Verschuuren, Martin B A Heemskerk, Erwin de Buijzer, Michiel E Erasmus
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Non-heart-beating lung donation: how big is the pool?

Danielle M Nijkamp et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Sep.

Abstract

Lungs from non-heart-beating (NHB) donors are seldom used in The Netherlands despite the good quality of these organs. Based on a retrospective analysis of 162 NHB donor procedures we found that only 5% of the lungs were actually utilized, but that 30% of the lungs were suitable for transplantation. Not recognizing the suitability of NHB lungs is likely the main reason for their non-availability.

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