Publications by authors named "Layse Beneli Prado"
Article Synopsis
- This study analyzed donor data from 2010-2012 in São Paulo, Brazil, to understand why many potential heart donors were not used for transplantation.
- Out of 328 potential donors, only 26 (7.9%) were actually utilized, with older age, poor medical history, and cardiac complications being the primary reasons for refusal.
- The findings suggest that implementing echocardiogram evaluations could help increase the number of viable hearts for transplantation in Brazil.
Objective: To define donors' profile of an Organ and Tissue Procurement Center and compare the family consent for tissue donation before and after modification of the Donation Term.
Methods: A descriptive, documentary and quantitative study performed in an Organ and Tissue Procurement Center, analyzed 111 feasible donors' charts in the period from March 13 to September 13, 2010 (1st period), and from September 14, 2010 to March 14, 2011 (2nd period), based on the modification date.
Results: The mean age of donors was 45.