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Table 3.18

Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 1998 to 2007

Lung

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 7,727 7,972 8,113 8,137 8,236 8,520 9,325 9,776 10,693 10,742
Cardiac Arrest 42 41 52 42 45 34 27 23 43 77
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 319 277 316 396 431 395 437 545 599 594
Poor Organ Function 5,318 5,728 5,806 5,687 5,637 5,662 5,872 6,225 6,340 6,456
Donor Medical/Social History 620 547 545 506 496 751 808 700 991 874
Biopsy Findings 41 5 3 4 19 6 10 6 11 3
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 185 176 235 215 231 294 348 377 492 436
No Recipient Found (2) 304 421 510 587 572 563 726 730 952 972
Other 880 777 646 700 805 815 1,097 1,170 1,265 1,330
Unknown 18 - - - - - - - - -
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% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.7%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 4.1% 3.5% 3.9% 4.9% 5.2% 4.6% 4.7% 5.6% 5.6% 5.5%
Poor Organ Function 68.8% 71.9% 71.6% 69.9% 68.4% 66.5% 63.0% 63.7% 59.3% 60.1%
Donor Medical/Social History 8.0% 6.9% 6.7% 6.2% 6.0% 8.8% 8.7% 7.2% 9.3% 8.1%
Biopsy Findings 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 2.4% 2.2% 2.9% 2.6% 2.8% 3.5% 3.7% 3.9% 4.6% 4.1%
No Recipient Found (2) 3.9% 5.3% 6.3% 7.2% 6.9% 6.6% 7.8% 7.5% 8.9% 9.0%
Other 11.4% 9.7% 8.0% 8.6% 9.8% 9.6% 11.8% 12.0% 11.8% 12.4%
Unknown 0.2% - - - - - - - - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(%) = 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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