Weekend effect: analysing temporal trends in solid organ donation

Organ donation and transplantation trends in the USA, 2003.

This summary provides an overview of solid organ transplantation in the USA, produced as part of the 2003 OPTN/SRTR Annual Report. The Annual Report is prepared by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) in collaboration with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). A wide range of activ...

Trends of organ donation and awareness in Ernakulam, Kerala

Results Of the participants, in urban area 81% and in the rural area 85% had knowledge about organ donation. In the urban area 84% and in rural area 95% of the participants were pro-organ donation of that 76% in urban area and 78% in rural area are willing to donate organs for transplantation if required. Age, sex, money and occupation did not influence the attitudes. Out of those who are willi...

Organ donation.

Transplantation is now an established form of treatment for organ failure in childhood. Much has been published on the outcome and management of children with organ transplants, the ethical issues have been widely discussed, and the criteria for the diagnosis of brain death have been established. Most transplanted organs are taken from donors who are brain dead but have a circulation and are be...

Organ Donation Awareness: Rethinking Media Campaigns

Organ donation breakthrough collaborative: increasing organ donation through system redesign.

Virginia McBride and Jade Perdue are public health analysts in the Division of Transplantation at the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Md. Organ donation saves lives. The use of organ transplantation to treat people with end-stage organ failure is both medically effective and cost-effective and is now considered mainstr...