Disparities in DCD organ procurement policy from a national OPO survey: A call for standardization.

Ankur Pranjal Choubey Eric J SiskindAlex C OrtizMehdi NayebpourNaoru KoizumiPaul WiederholdJorge Ortiz

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2020)

There are substantial variations across OPO protocols for procuring DCD organs. Current practices do not conform to ASTS guidelines for DCD procurement. Further investigations are needed to quantify the impact of OPO policies on transplant outcomes.

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