TY - JOUR
T1 - The UK Retrieval Team “Scout” Pilot Programme
AU - Lannon, Jenny
AU - Mandersloot, Gerlinde
AU - Thomas, Helen
AU - Vercueil, Andre
AU - Venkateswaran, Rajamiyer
AU - Clark, Stephen
AU - Sudarshan, Catherine
AU - Al-Attar, Nawwar
AU - Zych, Bartlomiej
AU - Mascaro, Jorge
AU - Murphy, Paul
AU - Tsui, Steven
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - The number of adult heart transplants in the UK has fallen by more than 50% over the last 15 years, what may be a result of inadequate donor assessment and/or poor donor organ function. Previous studies have demonstrated that early aggressive donor management could lead to increased utilisation of some donor hearts. A UK pilot programme was initialised on 1 April 2013 which involves sending a member of the cardiothoracic retrieval team, the ‘scout’, to the donor intensive care unit as soon as consent for organ donation is obtained.
AB - The number of adult heart transplants in the UK has fallen by more than 50% over the last 15 years, what may be a result of inadequate donor assessment and/or poor donor organ function. Previous studies have demonstrated that early aggressive donor management could lead to increased utilisation of some donor hearts. A UK pilot programme was initialised on 1 April 2013 which involves sending a member of the cardiothoracic retrieval team, the ‘scout’, to the donor intensive care unit as soon as consent for organ donation is obtained.
U2 - 10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.434
DO - 10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.434
M3 - Article
SN - 1053-2498
SN - 1557-3117
VL - 33
SP - S162
JO - The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
JF - The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
IS - S4
ER -