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Legal and organizational aspects of organ donation after irreversible cardiac arrest
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Affiliations- Bialystok Oncology Center, Bialystok, Poland
- Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
- The Voivodship Emergency Medical Service and Sanitary Transport, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Administrative Law, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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Abstract
Sudden cardiac arrest is a challenge for medical personnel. Donation after circulatory death (DCD) has
opened new perspectives and could be a valuable option to expand the brain-dead donors. The purpose
of this review is to provide an overview of current legal and organizational aspects of organ donation after
irreversible cardiac arrest. The article presents basic issues related to the epidemiology of sudden cardiac
arrest, criteria for the diagnosis of irreversible cardiac arrest. It also discusses special situations related to
cardiac arrest and determining irreversible cardiac arrest in practice. Much attention has been paid to donor
organ transplantation after irreversible cardiac arrest in the context of scientific research. This article
aimed to present the Polish statutory and administrative regulations concerning donation after circulatory
death. Following the 2010 Minister of Health’s Notice on Criteria and Methods of Determining Irreversible
Cardiac arrest, it should be stated that it legally allows for all types of donation included in the Mastricht
classification.
Abstract
Sudden cardiac arrest is a challenge for medical personnel. Donation after circulatory death (DCD) has
opened new perspectives and could be a valuable option to expand the brain-dead donors. The purpose
of this review is to provide an overview of current legal and organizational aspects of organ donation after
irreversible cardiac arrest. The article presents basic issues related to the epidemiology of sudden cardiac
arrest, criteria for the diagnosis of irreversible cardiac arrest. It also discusses special situations related to
cardiac arrest and determining irreversible cardiac arrest in practice. Much attention has been paid to donor
organ transplantation after irreversible cardiac arrest in the context of scientific research. This article
aimed to present the Polish statutory and administrative regulations concerning donation after circulatory
death. Following the 2010 Minister of Health’s Notice on Criteria and Methods of Determining Irreversible
Cardiac arrest, it should be stated that it legally allows for all types of donation included in the Mastricht
classification.
Keywords
irreversible cardiac arrest, transplantation, organ conditioning, legal act, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
About this articleTitle
Legal and organizational aspects of organ donation after irreversible cardiac arrest
Journal
Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
Issue
Article type
Review paper
Pages
164-170
Published online
2020-09-08
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DOI
Bibliographic record
Disaster Emerg Med J 2020;5(3):164-170.
Keywords
irreversible cardiac arrest
transplantation
organ conditioning
legal act
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Authors
Lukasz Szarpak
Karol Bielski
Jacek Smereka
Piotr Raczka
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