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Organ Donation and Transplantation Trends in the United
States, 2002
While the demand for kidney and pancreas transplants continues
to increase, the number of patients awaiting liver transplantation
decreased in 2002 for the first time in over a decade.
During 2002, more than 24,000 organs were transplanted in
the United States — nearly 18,000 from deceased donors
and 6,600 from living donors.
During the same period, more than 6,000 patients were reported
to have died while waiting for a transplant.
Preparing
for your Transplant
•
Choose your Transplant Team
• Check your Finances
• Use Support Groups
• Pay Attention to Your Emotions
• Take Control of Being Informed
• Secure Blood Donors
• Consider Pain Management
• Discuss Concerns with Your Transplant Team
• Arrange for Your Return Home
• Prepare a Living Will
• Pack for Comfort
About
Organ Allocation – Matching Organs
Within UNet, every organ sharing institution is electronically
linked in a secure, real-time environment over the Internet
so that donated organs can be placed as quickly as possible.
While UNet utilizes the Internet for common access to UNOS
members, it employs secure password access to protect confidential
medical data.
The
Five Steps of the Matching Process
1.
An organ is donated. When the organ becomes available, the
OPO managing the donor sends information to UNOS. The OPO
procurement team reports medical and genetic information,
including organ size, and condition, blood type and tissue
type.
2.
UNOS generates a list of potential recipients. The UNOS
computer generates a list of potential transplant candidates
who have medical and biologic profiles compatible with the
donor.
The
computer ranks candidates by this biologic information,
as well as clinical characteristics and time spent on the
waiting list.
3.
The transplant center is notified of an available organ.
Organ placement specialists at the OPO or the UNOS Organ
Center contact the centers whose patients appear on the
local list.
4.
The transplant team considers the organ for the patient.
When the team is offered an organ, it bases its acceptance
or refusal of the organ upon established medical criteria,
organ condition, candidate condition, staff and patient
availability and organ transportation. By policy, the transplant
team has only one hour to make its decision.
5.
The organ is accepted or declined. If the organ is not accepted,
the OPO continues to offer it for patients at other centers
until it is placed.
Top
10 Myths About Donation & Transplantation
Myth #2
"Rich and famous people get moved to the top of
the waiting list, while 'regular' people have to wait a
long time for a transplant."
Organ
Donation and Transplantation
Each day, 63 people receive an organ transplant, but another
16 people on the waiting list die because organs aren't
available.
What
organs and tissues can I donate?
- Kidney
- Heart
- Liver
- Lung
- Pancreas
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- Intestine
- Cornea
- Skin
- Bone
- Bone
marrow
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Organ
transplantation: Coping with the wait
After
the Transplant
Organ
and Tissue Procurement System: A Novel Intervention to Increase
Organ Donation Rates in Venezuela
Case
Studies
Getting
on the List
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