Acceptance of Organs From Deceased Donors: Results of a Global Survey.

Background: With <10% of transplantation needs being met, one contributing factor may be the potential subjectivity in transplant specialists' acceptance of organs. Such decisions, if influenced by knowledge and/or comfort gaps, warrant intervention. We assessed knowledge and comfort gaps regarding deceased donation (DD) among critical care specialists and organ acceptance among transplant specialists. Methods: The Transplantation Society working group surveyed specialists on end-of-life management and organ acceptance. Participants, stratified by country DD rates, ranked their current and desired levels of knowledge or comfort (on a 0-100 scale) for survey questions. The differences between current and desired knowledge and comfort were reported as gaps. Results: Among 438 responses, the largest global knowledge gaps were for positive serology for Chagas (gap 30), multidrug-resistant bacterial infection (gap 23.5), HIV (gap 20), cancer history <5 y (gap 20), primary brain malignancies (gap 17.5), and high-risk behavior (gap 16). The largest global comfort gaps were for positive serology for Chagas (gap 29.5), multidrug-resistant bacterial infection (gap 21), excessive alcohol use (gap 20), primary brain malignancies (gap 20), and high-risk behavior (gap 16). Relevant knowledge and comfort gaps, both ranging from 10 to 50, were observed in the acceptance of organs from donors after circulatory determination of death. In general, countries with higher DD rates demonstrated smaller knowledge and comfort gaps than countries with lower DD rates. Conclusions: This survey reveals important knowledge and comfort gaps in DD organ acceptance. Targeted education could increase organ utilization and help address transplantation shortages.

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Organ Donation and Transplantation
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Acceptance of Organs From Deceased Donors: Results of a Global Survey.

Mário Abbud‐Filho, Gabriel Eduardo Gondolesi, Shaifali Sandal, Jean Tchervenkov et al.
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Acceptance of Organs From Deceased Donors: Results of a Global Survey.

Mário Abbud‐Filho, Gabriel Eduardo Gondolesi, Shaifali Sandal, Jean Tchervenkov, Karen M. Dwyer, Stock Peter, Elias John Elenjickal, 하종원, Hawthorne Wj, Andreas Zuckerman, Marti Manyalich, H Pilmore, Beatriz Dominguez-Gil Gonzalez, Kumud Dhital, Medhat Askar, Mirela Bušić, Stephen Beed, Hiroto Egawa, Nithya Krishnan, Gustavo F Ferreira, Carlos Diaz, Vivek B. Kute, Andrea Herrera-Gayol, Oscar Imventarza, Jeffrey Schiff, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Mohammad Ghnaimat, Marina Berenguer, John Gill, Marcelo Cantarovich, James Markmann, Curie Ahn, Paola Garcia-Padilla, Hari S Meshram, Ban Hock Tan
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Background: With <10% of transplantation needs being met, one contributing factor may be the potential subjectivity in transplant specialists' acceptance of organs. Such decisions, if influenced by knowledge and/or comfort gaps, warrant intervention. We assessed knowledge and comfort gaps regarding deceased donation (DD) among critical care specialists and organ acceptance among transplant specialists. Methods: The Transplantation Society working group surveyed specialists on end-of-life management and organ acceptance. Participants, stratified by country DD rates, ranked their current and desired levels of knowledge or comfort (on a 0-100 scale) for survey questions. The differences between current and desired knowledge and comfort were reported as gaps. Results: Among 438 responses, the largest global knowledge gaps were for positive serology for Chagas (gap 30), multidrug-resistant bacterial infection (gap 23.5), HIV (gap 20), cancer history <5 y (gap 20), primary brain malignancies (gap 17.5), and high-risk behavior (gap 16). The largest global comfort gaps were for positive serology for Chagas (gap 29.5), multidrug-resistant bacterial infection (gap 21), excessive alcohol use (gap 20), primary brain malignancies (gap 20), and high-risk behavior (gap 16). Relevant knowledge and comfort gaps, both ranging from 10 to 50, were observed in the acceptance of organs from donors after circulatory determination of death. In general, countries with higher DD rates demonstrated smaller knowledge and comfort gaps than countries with lower DD rates. Conclusions: This survey reveals important knowledge and comfort gaps in DD organ acceptance. Targeted education could increase organ utilization and help address transplantation shortages.

PubMedVol. 12(10)
Tufts University (US), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US), Tufts Medical Center (US), Dalhousie University (CA), The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU), Apollo Hospitals (IN), Seoul National University (KR), University of British Columbia (CA), University of California, San Francisco (US), Georgetown University (US), University of Toronto (CA), Singapore General Hospital (SG), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO), Argerich Hospital (AR), Hospital de Base (BR), Organización Nacional de Trasplantes (ES), St. Paul's Hospital (CA), Auckland City Hospital (NZ), University Hospital Coventry (GB), McGill University Health Centre (CA), Toronto General Hospital (CA), MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (US), University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (GB), Westmead Hospital (AU), Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe (ES), Specialty Hospital, Jordan (JO), Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IN), Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital (JP), Apollo Hospitals (IN), Penn Center for AIDS Research (US), Apollo Hospitals (IN), Westmead Institute (AU), Westmead Institute for Medical Research (AU), National Medical Center (KR), Hospital Universitario San Ignacio (CO), Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires (AR), Centro Universitário Academia (BR), Universidad Hospital Italiano (AR), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (ES), Conseil de L'Europe (FR), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (CA), Medical University of Vienna (AT), University of Pennsylvania (US)
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