OBJECTIVES: To determine the impact of a pediatric donation after @entity204 (DCD) program on organ donation. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. SETTING: A free-standing @entity1 's hospital. @entity1 : All ventilated pediatric intensive care unit @entity1 who died between September 1, 2005 and April 30, 2007. INTERVENTIONS: Institution of a DCD program. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Data collected included clinical features, medical eligibility and consent for organ donation, as well as outcome for donation among eligible @entity1 . One hundred ten @entity1 who died in the pediatric intensive care unit and were treated with mechanical ventilation immediately before @entity204 were identified. Thirty-one @entity1 met exclusion criteria, 26 @entity1 were not referred, and 53 @entity1 were evaluated for potential DCD by the organ procurement agency. The majority of @entity1 had @entity519 or @entity130 as their primary diagnosis. Family members initiated discussions regarding donation in 17% of evaluations. Sixty-eight percent of @entity1 were deemed medically ineligible by the organ procurement agency. Of the 17 medically eligible @entity1 , consent for donation was given in 9 cases (53%). Of these, 7 @entity1 (41%) successfully donated; accounting for 37% of organ donors during the study period. Two families gave consent for donation which did not occur; one @entity1 did not die within the required time period and one could not be matched with any recipients. CONCLUSIONS: Although a small percentage of dying @entity1 are eligible for and will undergo DCD, such a program can markedly increase the number of organ donors at a @entity1 's hospital.

Impact of a pediatric donation after XXXX program.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'PATIENTS', 'child'] @entity519 :: ('MESH:D000860', 'Disease') :: ['anoxia'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac death', 'death'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity204 :: (MESH:D003643,Disease) :: ['cardiac death']
