Some American driving licences double as organ donor cards

Epilepsy and driving licences.

a particular situation for the first time. To test this function, the book has been consulted regarding each admission to a general medical ward over a period of two months. In every case-from myxoedema coma to lung abscess, from haematemesis to supraventricular tachycardia-the recommendations have been such as one would be pleased to see one's juniors implement. One might find fault with the s...

Donor Organ Allocation

Purpose. Compare renal transplant long-term outcomes among recipients aged 60 years or older with those in younger patients. Patients and methods. We analyzed 103 transplants in recipients above 60 years of age for the influence of key factors related to the graft and patient. The results were compared with 1060 transplant recipients aged 18 to 59 years. Results. The mean ages were 62.93 and 40...

The Chacma baboon as an organ donor for man.

Pathological conditions of the intima due to trauma or existing donor pathology can result in arterial thrombosis after transplantation (1). We recently encountered a case where a question was raised about the condition of the donor renal artery, in which angioscopic examination was used to establish that the artery was satisfactory. The kidney was from a 58year-old donor who died of an intracr...

Donor Organ Management: Literature Review

The organ donor crisis: the missed organ donor potential from the accident and emergency departments.

The critical shortage of cadaveric donor organs for transplant purposes is a worldwide concern. The disparity between the number of cadaveric organs donated for transplant purposes and those patients awaiting transplant operations continues to widen. This article reports on the findings of an audit of deaths undertaken in 10 accident and emergency (A&E) departments in North Thames region, UK. T...