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Honarmand K, Alshamsi F, Foroutan F, Rochwerg B, Belley-Cote E, Mclure G, D'Aragon F, Ball IM, Sener A, Selzner M, Guyatt G, Meade MO. Antemortem Heparin in Organ Donation After Circulatory Death Determination: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Transplantation 2021; 105:e337-e346. [PMID: 33901108 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Donation after circulatory death determination frequently involves antemortem heparin administration to mitigate peri-arrest microvascular thrombosis. We systematically reviewed the literature to: (1) describe heparin administration practices and (2) explore the effects on transplant outcomes. We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for studies reporting donation after circulatory death determination heparin practices including use, dosage, and timing (objective 1). To explore associations between antemortem heparin and transplant outcomes (objective 2), we (1) summarized within-study comparisons and (2) used meta-regression analyses to examine associations between proportions of donors that received heparin and transplant outcomes. We assessed risk of bias using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale and applied the GRADE methodology to determine certainty in the evidence. For objective 1, among 55 eligible studies, 48 reported heparin administration to at least some donors (range: 15.8%-100%) at variable doses (up to 1000 units/kg) and times relative to withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy. For objective 2, 7 studies that directly compared liver transplants with and without antemortem heparin reported lower rates of primary nonfunction, hepatic artery thrombosis, graft failure at 5 y, or recipient mortality (low certainty of evidence). In contrast, meta-regression analysis of 32 liver transplant studies detected no associations between the proportion of donors that received heparin and rates of early allograft dysfunction, primary nonfunction, hepatic artery thrombosis, biliary ischemia, graft failure, retransplantation, or patient survival (very low certainty of evidence). In conclusion, antemortem heparin practices vary substantially with an uncertain effect on transplant outcomes. Given the controversies surrounding antemortem heparin, clinical trials may be warranted.
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- Kimia Honarmand
- Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Cronin AJ. Ethical and legal issues related to the donation and use of nonstandard organs for transplants. Anesthesiol Clin 2013; 31:675-687. [PMID: 24287346 DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2013.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Transplantation of nonstandard or expanded criteria donor organs creates several potential ethical and legal problems in terms of consent and liability, and new challenges for research and service development; it highlights the need for a system of organ donation that responds to an evolving ethical landscape and incorporates scientific innovation to meet the needs of recipients, but which also safeguards the interests and autonomy of the donor. In this article, the use of deceased donor organs for transplants that fail to meet standard donor criteria and the legitimacy of interventions and research aimed at optimizing their successful donation are discussed.
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- Antonia J Cronin
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, MRC Centre for Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, Fifth Floor Tower Wing, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Retrograde flush is more protective than heparin in the uncontrolled donation after circulatory death lung donor. J Surg Res 2013; 187:316-23. [PMID: 24378013 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.11.1100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Formation of microthrombi after circulatory arrest is a concern for the development of reperfusion injury in lung recipients from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. In this isolated lung reperfusion study, we compared the effect of postmortem heparinization with preharvest retrograde pulmonary flush or both. METHODS Domestic pigs (n = 6/group) were sacrificed by ventricular fibrillation and left at room temperature for 1 h. This was followed by 2.5 h of topical cooling. In control group [C], no heparin and no pulmonary flush were administered. In group [R], lungs were flushed with Perfadex in a retrograde way before explantation. In group [H], heparin (300 IU/kg) was administered 10 min after cardiac arrest followed by closed chest massage for 2 min. In the combined group, animals were heparinized and the lungs were explanted after retrograde flush [HR]. The left lung was assessed for 60 min in an ex vivo reperfusion model. RESULTS Pulmonary vascular resistance at 50 and 55 min was significantly lower in [R] and [HR] groups compared with [C] and [H] groups (P < 0.01 and P < 0.001) and at 60 min in [R], [H], and [HR] groups compared with [C] group (P < 0.001). Oxygenation, compliance, and plateau airway pressure were more stable in [R] and [HR] groups. Plateau airway pressure was significantly lower in [R] group compared with the [H] group at 60 min (P < 0.05). No significant differences in wet-dry weight ratio were observed between the groups. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that preharvest retrograde flush is more protective than postmortem heparinization to prevent reperfusion injury in lungs recovered from donation after circulatory death donors.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Indications for lung transplantation have increased through the years, and currently we have to face a lack of grafts to attend this growing demand with the subsequent increase in waiting-list deaths. Several strategies have been proposed to solve this challenging problem (living-lobe donors, extended donors, size-reduced lung grafts and so on), the use of nonheart-beating donors (NHBDs) being the most promising of them. RECENT FINDINGS The last experimental works concerning NHBDs have focused on the improvement of graft preservation in order to minimize warm ischemic injury and the capacity of noninvasive parameters in bronchial lavage to predict good function after implantation. There have also been several reports on the clinical use of controlled and uncontrolled NHBDs with excellent results. CONCLUSION Several methods have been effective in protecting these grafts from ischemic damage. Functional predictors will be very useful in the near future allowing us to know in a simple and noninvasive way which grafts are suitable for transplantation. Definitely, NHBDs for lung transplantation are no more a promising source of grafts but a real one, with encouraging short-term and mid-term results.
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Pre-arrest Administration of the Cell-permeable Free Radical Scavenger Tempol Reduces Warm Ischemic Damage of Lung Function in Non–Heart-beating Donors. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008; 27:890-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2007] [Revised: 05/09/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phua J, Lim TK, Zygun DA, Doig CJ. Pro/con debate: in patients who are potential candidates for organ donation after cardiac death, starting medications and/or interventions for the sole purpose of making the organs more viable is an acceptable practice. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2008; 11:211. [PMID: 17442127 PMCID: PMC2206444 DOI: 10.1186/cc5711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Several hospitals have been developing programmes for organ donation after cardiac death. Such programmes offer options for organ donation to patients who do not meet brain-death criteria but wish to donate their organs after withdrawal of life-support. These programmes also increase the available organ pool at a time when demand exceeds supply. Given that potential donors are managed in intensive care units, intensivists will be key components of these programmes. Donation after cardiac death clearly carries a number of important ethical issues with it. In the present issue of Critical Care two established groups debate the ethical acceptability of using medications/interventions in potential organ donors for the sole purpose of making the organs more viable. Such debates will be an increasingly common component of intensivists' future practice.
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- Jason Phua
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
- Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Wittwer T, Wahlers T. Marginal donor grafts in heart transplantation: lessons learned from 25 years of experience. Transpl Int 2007; 21:113-25. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Snell GI, Oto T, Levvey B, McEgan R, Mennan M, Higuchi T, Eriksson L, Williams TJ, Rosenfeldt F. Evaluation of techniques for lung transplantation following donation after cardiac death. Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 81:2014-9. [PMID: 16731122 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2005] [Revised: 12/19/2005] [Accepted: 01/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lung transplantation using "donation after cardiac death" donors is a potential means to alleviate the shortage of suitable donor lungs for transplantation, but the practicality and utility of the various possible techniques need to be clarified. METHODS Using a dog model, we explored seven variations of standoff (ischemic) time (50 to 240 minutes), topical cooling (60 to 120 minutes), and flush cooling and cold storage (30 to 140 minutes) to mimic different human donor lung retrieval scenarios that can follow donation after cardiac death. The functional status of donation after cardiac death donor lungs was assessed initially with a 250 mL pulmonary arterial blood flush while ventilating with 100% oxygen and then on an ex-vivo perfusion rig for 120 minutes after retrieval. RESULTS All lungs achieved an excellent pO2/FiO2 ratio ranging from 472 to 586 with stable pulmonary artery pressures and pulmonary vascular resistance and no net weight gain (952 +/- 221 g versus 1,006 +/- 235 g) during the 120-minute evaluation period. Initial blood flush correlated well with measured perfusion rig pO2 at 30 minutes (R2 = 0.63). CONCLUSIONS This canine study suggests that lungs donated after cardiac death are reproducibly useable for transplantation with ischemic times of as long as 60 minutes. Although more study is needed, a blood flush evaluation is simple and may have a role as a secondary allograft assessment tool. The existing techniques of donor lung evaluation and preservation after donation following cardiac death thus appear both feasible and practical.
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- Gregory I Snell
- Lung Transplant Service, Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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New indications for organ transplantation combined with a stagnating number of available donor grafts have severely lengthened the waiting list for almost all types of transplantations. This has led to a renewed interest in non-heart beating (NHB) donation, as a possible solution to bridge the gap between supply and demand. In this review, we present an overview of current NHB donation practice, outcome, existing problems and future perspectives. We focus on possible improvements in donor management, recipient care and new methods of organ preservation that may be better suited for these marginal organs. Successful institution of NHB protocols depends on adapting current transplantation practice at all levels, which is one of the greatest challenges for researchers and professionals in this interesting re-emerging field.
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- Cyril Moers
- Surgery Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Wittwer T, Franke UFW, Sandhaus T, Groetzner J, Strauch JT, Wippermann J, Ochs M, Mühlfeld C, Börner A, Streck S, Wahlers T. Endobronchial donor pre-treatment with ventavis: is a second administration during reperfusion beneficial to optimize post-ischemic function of non-heart beating donor lungs? J Surg Res 2006; 136:136-42. [PMID: 16978652 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2006] [Revised: 05/04/2006] [Accepted: 05/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lung retrieval from non-heart-beating donors (NHBD) has been introduced into clinical practice successfully. However, because of potentially deleterious effects of warm ischemia on microvascular integrity, use of NHBD lungs is limited by short tolerable time periods before preservation. Recently, improvement of NHBD graft function was demonstrated by donor pre-treatment using aerosolized Ventavis (Schering Inc., Berlin, Germany). Currently, there is no information whether additional application of this approach in reperfusion can further optimize immediate graft function. MATERIAL AND METHODS Asystolic pigs (n = 5/group) were ventilated for 180-min of warm ischemia (groups 1-3). In groups 2 and 3, 100 microg Ventavis were aerosolized over 30-min using an ultrasonic nebulizer (Optineb). Lungs were then retrogradely preserved with Perfadex and stored for 3-h. After left lung transplantation and contralateral lung exclusion, grafts were reperfused for 6-h. Only in group 3, another dose of 100 microg Ventavis was aerosolized during the first 30-min of reperfusion. Hemodynamics, pO2/FiO2 and dynamic compliance were monitored continuously and compared to controls. Intraalveolar edema was quantified stereologically, and extravascular-lung-water-index (EVLWI) was measured. Statistics comprised ANOVA analysis with repeated measurements. RESULTS Dynamic compliance was significantly lower in both Ventavis groups, but additional administration did not result in further improvement. Oxygenation, pulmonary hemodynamics, EVLWI and intraalveolar edema formation were comparable between groups. CONCLUSIONS Alveolar deposition of Ventavis in NHBD lungs before preservation significantly improves dynamic lung compliance and represents an important strategy for improvement of preservation quality and expansion of warm ischemic intervals. However, additional application of this method in early reperfusion is of no benefit.
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- Thorsten Wittwer
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Wittwer T, Franke UFW, Fehrenbach A, Ochs M, Sandhaus T, Schuette A, Richter S, Dreyer N, Knudsen L, Müller T, Schubert H, Richter J, Wahlers T. Donor pretreatment using the aerosolized prostacyclin analogue iloprost optimizes post-ischemic function of non-heart beating donor lungs. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:371-8. [PMID: 15812907 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ischemia-reperfusion injury accounts for one-third of early deaths after lung transplantation. To expand the limited donor pool, lung retrieval from non-heart beating donors (NHBD) has been introduced recently. However, because of potentially deleterious effects of warm ischemia on microvascular integrity, use of NHBD lungs is limited by short tolerable time periods before preservation. After intravenous prostanoids are routinely used to ameliorate reperfusion injury, the latest evidence suggests similar efficacy of inhaled prostacyclin. Therefore, the impact of donor pretreatment with the prostacyclin analogue iloprost on postischemic NHBD lung function and preservation quality was evaluated. METHODS Asystolic pigs (5 per group) were ventilated for 180 minutes of warm ischemia (Group 2). In Group 3, 100 microg iloprost was aerosolized during the final 30 minutes of ventilation with a novel mobile ultrasonic nebulizer. Lungs were then retrogradely preserved with Perfadex and stored for 3 hours. After left lung transplantation and contralateral lung exclusion, hemodynamics, rO2/FiO2, and dynamic compliance were monitored for 6 hours and compared with sham-operated controls (Group 1). Pulmonary edema was determined both stereologically and by wet-to-dry weight ratio (W/D). Statistics comprised analysis of variance with repeated measures and Mann-Whitney test. RESULTS Flush preservation pressures, dynamic compliance, inspiratory pressures, and W/D were significantly superior in iloprost-treated lungs, and oxygenation and pulmonary hemodynamics were comparable between groups. Stereology revealed a trend toward lower intraalveolar edema formation in iloprost-treated lungs compared with untreated grafts. CONCLUSIONS Alveolar deposition of Iloprost and NHBD lungs before preservation ameliorates postischemic edema and significantly improves lung compliance. This easily applicable innovation approach, which uses a mobile ultrasonic nebulizer, offers an important strategy for improvement of pulmonary preservation quality and might expand the pool of donor lungs.
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- Thorsten Wittwer
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
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Van Raemdonck DEM, Rega FR, Neyrinck AP, Jannis N, Verleden GM, Lerut TE. Non-heart-beating donors. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004; 16:309-21. [PMID: 15635535 DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2004.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The widespread application of lung transplantation is limited by the shortage of suitable donor organs resulting in longer waiting times for listed patients with a substantial risk of dying before transplantation. To overcome this critical organ shortage, some transplant programs have now begun to explore the use of lungs from circulation-arrested donors, so called non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs). This review outlines the different categories of NHBDs, the relevant published experimental data that support the use of lungs coming from these donors and the clinical experience worldwide so far. Techniques for NHBD lung preservation and pretransplant functional assessment are reviewed. Ethical issues involved in transplanting lungs from asystolic donors are discussed.
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- Dirk E M Van Raemdonck
- Thoracic Surgical Research Unit, Center for Experimental Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium.
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Wittwer T, Franke UFW, Fehrenbach A, Sandhaus T, Pfeifer F, Dreyer N, Mueller T, Schubert H, Petrow P, Richter J, Wahlers T. Lung Retrieval from Non-Heart-Beating Donors: First Experience with an Innovative Preservation Strategy in a Pig Lung Transplantation Model. Eur Surg Res 2004; 36:1-7. [PMID: 14730216 DOI: 10.1159/000075067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2003] [Accepted: 07/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Lung transplantation is limited by the scarcity of donor organs. Lung retrieval from non-heart-beating donors (NHBD) might extend the donor pool and has been reported recently. However, no studies in NHBD exist using the novel approach of retrograde preservation with Perfadex solution. METHODS Heparinized asystolic pigs (n = 5, 30-35 kg) were ventilated for 90 min. The lungs were retrogradely preserved with Perfadex solution and stored inflated at 4 degrees C for 3 h. Left lung transplantation in the recipient was followed by exclusion of the right lung. Results were compared to sham-operated animals. Oxygenation, hemodynamics and dynamic compliance were monitored for 4 h. Infiltration of polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) and stereological quantification of alveolar edema was performed. Statistical analysis comprised Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests and ANOVA analysis with repeated measures. RESULTS No mortality was observed. During preservation, continuous elimination of blood clots via the pulmonary artery venting site was observed. Oxygenation and compliance were similar between groups, but sham controls showed significantly lower pulmonary vascular resistance. Stereological quantification revealed higher volume fractions of intra-alveolar edema in NHBD grafts, while PMN infiltration was comparable to sham controls. CONCLUSIONS Use of NHBD lungs results in excellent outcome after 90 min of warm ischemia followed by retrograde preservation with Perfadex solution. This novel approach can optimize lung preservation by eliminating clots from the pulmonary circulation and might clinically be considered in brain-dead organ donors who become hemodynamically unstable prior to organ harvest. Further trials with longer warm and cold ischemic periods are necessary to further elucidate this promising approach to donor pool expansion.
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- Th Wittwer
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
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