Main description:

This book presents a view of the current environment of organ donation and transplantation after cardiac death in China, including legal and ethical aspects of cardiac death, assessment and management of potential organ donor, quality evaluation and machine perfusion of organ, as well as immunology, imaging and pathology related to transplantation from cardiac death donors. Since 2015, voluntary donation has been announced as the only legitimate venue for organ transplant in China. As cardiac death is adopted in China, the donation mode is different from those in other countries where brain death is adopted. It offers transplant surgeons and physicians valuable information on optimal practice proposal for organ donation after cardiac death in China.

Contents:

1 Legal, moral, and ethical issues related to cardiac death donation 2 Current situation of organ donation after cardiac death in china 3 Cardiac death donor evaluation and management 4 Organ procurement, quality evaluation and perfusion in cardiac death donation 5 Liver transplantation from cardiac Death Donors 6 Kidney transplantation from cardiac death donors 7 Lung transplantation from cardiac death donors 8 Pancreas and Islet Transplantation from Cardiac Death Donors 9 Multiple organ transplantation from cardiac death donors 10 Immunosuppressive strategies in transplantation using cardiac death donors 11 Ischemia and reperfusion injury in organ transplantation from cardiac death donors 12 Imaging related to transplantation from cardiac death donors 13 Pathological evaluation of DCD donor organs 14 Further Development of Organ Transplantation form Cardiac Death Donors in China