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Table 3.18

Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 1999 to 2008

Lung

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 7,972 8,113 8,137 8,236 8,520 9,325 9,776 10,683 10,740 10,832
Cardiac Arrest 41 52 42 45 34 27 23 45 77 90
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 277 316 396 431 395 437 545 600 594 614
Poor Organ Function 5,728 5,806 5,687 5,637 5,662 5,874 6,225 6,327 6,460 6,578
Donor Medical/Social History 547 545 506 496 751 808 700 989 876 700
Biopsy Findings 5 3 4 19 6 10 6 11 3 8
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 176 235 215 231 294 348 377 492 436 340
No Recipient Found (2) 421 510 587 572 563 726 730 952 968 1,240
Other 777 646 700 805 815 1,095 1,170 1,267 1,326 1,260
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 2
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cardiac Arrest 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.7% 0.8%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 3.5% 3.9% 4.9% 5.2% 4.6% 4.7% 5.6% 5.6% 5.5% 5.7%
Poor Organ Function 71.9% 71.6% 69.9% 68.4% 66.5% 63.0% 63.7% 59.2% 60.1% 60.7%
Donor Medical/Social History 6.9% 6.7% 6.2% 6.0% 8.8% 8.7% 7.2% 9.3% 8.2% 6.5%
Biopsy Findings 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 2.2% 2.9% 2.6% 2.8% 3.5% 3.7% 3.9% 4.6% 4.1% 3.1%
No Recipient Found (2) 5.3% 6.3% 7.2% 6.9% 6.6% 7.8% 7.5% 8.9% 9.0% 11.4%
Other 9.7% 8.0% 8.6% 9.8% 9.6% 11.7% 12.0% 11.9% 12.3% 11.6%
Unknown - - - - - - - - - 0.0%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

(1) = Organ Unsatisfactory: Organ Damage or Anatomic Abnormalities.

(2) = No Recipient Found: Recipient Not Located or List Exhausted.

Reasons for non-recovery are shown for all organs from deceased donors who donated at least one solid organ.



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