Liver transplantation from a non-heart-beating donor after pulmonary failure: report of a case

Surg Today. 2009;39(10):913-5. doi: 10.1007/s00595-008-3950-0. Epub 2009 Sep 27.

Abstract

We report a case of successful liver transplantation after controlled donor after cardiac death procurement from a donor who died of pulmonary failure. The donor was a 28-year-old woman with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, whose life support could not continue when her condition deteriorated rapidly while waiting for a suitable donor for lung transplantation. She was on noninvasive negative pressure ventilatory support before the donor organs were procured.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications*
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Male
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Tissue Donors*
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods
  • Withholding Treatment