Article: Monday blues of deceased-donor liver transplantation

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TitleMonday blues of deceased-donor liver transplantation
AuthorsChan, SC1
Dai, WC1
Lo, CM1
Lam, B1
Kwan, YM1
Ho, WY1
Fan, ST1
KeywordsDeceased-donor
Graft shortage
Liver transplantation
Organ donation
Issue Date2011
PublisherThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hbpdint.com/
CitationHepatobiliary And Pancreatic Diseases International, 2011, v. 10 n. 1, p. 26-29 [How to Cite?]
AbstractBACKGROUND: There is a constant and global shortage of deceased-donor organs for transplantation. Ways to identify areas for securing potential deceased-donor organs may improve the supply and hence benefit more patients in need of transplantation. METHODS: We looked into the disparity of the number of deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT) performed at our hospital on different days of the weeks from January 2000 to the end of December 2009 (237 DDLTs). The number of DDLT performed on each day was compared with the other days of the week. RESULTS: It was apparent that there were fewer DDLTs on Mondays, as shown by the numbers of DDLT performed on different days of the week in an ascending order: Monday 18 (7.6%), Sunday 30 (12.7%), Thursday 34 (14.3%), Friday 36 (15.2%), Wednesday 38 (16.0%), Tuesday 40 (16.9%), and Saturday 41 (17.3%). The difference reached statistical significance when Monday was compared with Tuesday (P=0.019), Wednesday (P=0.010), Friday (P=0.021), and Saturday (P=0.007). It was twice as unlikely a DDLT would be performed on Monday as compared with other days. Such a trend did not change even with an increase in the number of deceased-donor liver grafts in the last year. As consent to donation was obtained from the donor family the day before DDLT, fewer consents were thus obtained on Sundays. CONCLUSION: These findings suggested that deceased-donor organ donation activities were less active on Sundays and could be improved. This further raises the concern of possible wastage of potential cases of organ donation. © 2011, Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. All rights reserved.
ISSN1499-3872
2011 Impact Factor: 1.082
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.101
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000286791200003
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dc.contributor.authorChan, SC
dc.contributor.authorDai, WC
dc.contributor.authorLo, CM
dc.contributor.authorLam, B
dc.contributor.authorKwan, YM
dc.contributor.authorHo, WY
dc.contributor.authorFan, ST
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-28T02:50:41Z
dc.date.available2011-10-28T02:50:41Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: There is a constant and global shortage of deceased-donor organs for transplantation. Ways to identify areas for securing potential deceased-donor organs may improve the supply and hence benefit more patients in need of transplantation. METHODS: We looked into the disparity of the number of deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT) performed at our hospital on different days of the weeks from January 2000 to the end of December 2009 (237 DDLTs). The number of DDLT performed on each day was compared with the other days of the week. RESULTS: It was apparent that there were fewer DDLTs on Mondays, as shown by the numbers of DDLT performed on different days of the week in an ascending order: Monday 18 (7.6%), Sunday 30 (12.7%), Thursday 34 (14.3%), Friday 36 (15.2%), Wednesday 38 (16.0%), Tuesday 40 (16.9%), and Saturday 41 (17.3%). The difference reached statistical significance when Monday was compared with Tuesday (P=0.019), Wednesday (P=0.010), Friday (P=0.021), and Saturday (P=0.007). It was twice as unlikely a DDLT would be performed on Monday as compared with other days. Such a trend did not change even with an increase in the number of deceased-donor liver grafts in the last year. As consent to donation was obtained from the donor family the day before DDLT, fewer consents were thus obtained on Sundays. CONCLUSION: These findings suggested that deceased-donor organ donation activities were less active on Sundays and could be improved. This further raises the concern of possible wastage of potential cases of organ donation. © 2011, Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. All rights reserved.
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dc.identifier.citationHepatobiliary And Pancreatic Diseases International, 2011, v. 10 n. 1, p. 26-29 [How to Cite?]
dc.identifier.epage29
dc.identifier.hkuros184616
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000286791200003
dc.identifier.issn1499-3872
2011 Impact Factor: 1.082
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.101
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid21269931
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-79952050634
dc.identifier.spage26
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/142535
dc.identifier.volume10
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hbpdint.com/
dc.publisher.placeChina
dc.relation.ispartofHepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshLiver Transplantation - statistics and numerical data
dc.subject.meshTime Factors
dc.subject.meshTissue Donors - supply and distribution
dc.subject.meshTissue and Organ Procurement - statistics and numerical data
dc.subjectDeceased-donor
dc.subjectGraft shortage
dc.subjectLiver transplantation
dc.subjectOrgan donation
dc.titleMonday blues of deceased-donor liver transplantation
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong