Re: Reported Deaths For Patients on the Waiting List

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I think that a living heart donor is a sort of leapfrog transplant. I

forget the exact situation, but I think some centers do heart/lung

transplants on certrain patients, and the heart from the first patient is

reused for the second patient.

Roy T.

Re: Reported Deaths For Patients on the Waiting List

> Dear All,

> I found the table of Cadaveric Donors Procurement (donations by

> OPO) at:

> http://www.unos.org/Data/anrpt98/ar98_table85.htm

>

> It doesn't have rates of donation, just how many donated in each

> OPO. A rough estimate of donation rate could be determined by

> dividing donations by population (or congress representitives

> :-) (left as an exercise for the reader).

>

> 1997 Avg of 93-97

> NV 33 26

> UT 44 50

> NM 20 35

> AZ 66 71

> CA (5 OPO's) 593

> NE (2 OPO's) 228

> NY (4 OPO's) 348

> WI (2 OPO's) 145

> Total US 5475 5243

>

> These are donations for all organs. Liver donations were

> somewhat less, not all cadavers have suitable livers. There were

> 4590 cadaveric and 68 living liver doners in 1997. Living donors

> donate one lobe of their liver, usually to a child. Both halves

> grow in size to provide full liver function within about 3

> months.

>

> I was surprised that there were 39 living heart donors reported

> over the last 10 years on the table (I have no idea what a

> living heart donor actually gives up):

> http://www.unos.org/Data/anrpt98/ar98_table01.htm

>

> Tim

>

> PS I'm from Ann Arbor, MI, diagnosed PSC 1989, ltx 4/4/98.

>

> --- Romlein wrote:

> > I took a quick look and did not see any

> > donation rates by region reported or even donations by region

> > (although I could swear I saw a table of donations once, it

> > has eluded me this time).

> >

> > Tim

>

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