TY - JOUR
T1 - Organ donation and palliative care
T2 - Can palliative care make a difference?
AU - Prommer, Eric
PY - 2014/3/1
Y1 - 2014/3/1
N2 - Donation after cardiac death (DCD) is technique of organ donation that has increased the number of available organs for transplant. This process allows organ donation after declaring death using cardiopulmonary criteria. Concerns exist with quality of symptom control and family support during this process. The case presented illustrates a specific example of how palliative care integrates with organ donation at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. This hospital has a DCD protocol established. The article reviews basic concepts of DCD. It reviews how a palliative care team interacts with other hospital teams to provide expert symptom control and emotional support for families during the DCD process.
AB - Donation after cardiac death (DCD) is technique of organ donation that has increased the number of available organs for transplant. This process allows organ donation after declaring death using cardiopulmonary criteria. Concerns exist with quality of symptom control and family support during this process. The case presented illustrates a specific example of how palliative care integrates with organ donation at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. This hospital has a DCD protocol established. The article reviews basic concepts of DCD. It reviews how a palliative care team interacts with other hospital teams to provide expert symptom control and emotional support for families during the DCD process.
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U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2013.0375
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2013.0375
M3 - Article
C2 - 24410368
AN - SCOPUS:84896265566
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 17
SP - 368
EP - 371
JO - Journal of Palliative Medicine
JF - Journal of Palliative Medicine
IS - 3
ER -