Pediatric Organ Donation: 16‐Year Experience of <scp>PICU</scp>/<scp>ICU</scp> of a Third Level Hospital in Portugal, 2006–2021
Although pediatric organ donation represents a small proportion of overall organ donation, children and adolescents make a significant contribution to the pool of donated organs. In this study 252 solid organs were collected from children and adolescent. Two hundred and two recipients benefited from 62 pediatric organ donors, with a recipient/donor ratio of 3.3.
Authors
- Marta Grilo
- Sara Sofia S. Rodrigues
- Margarida Rios
- André Luiz Vasconcellos da Costa e Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0513-8338)
- Augusto Ribeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4501-5719)
Institutions
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Hospital de São João (PT)
- Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga (PT)
- Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Transplantation
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.14850
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00