Fast Five Quiz: Organ Donation and Transplant

According to NOD, absolute contraindications in deceased donors include:

• Age >75 years

• Alzheimer disease

• Cancer

• Chronic organ failure

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

• Transmissible diseases for which the recipient tests negative

• Uncontrolled infections

Relative contraindications include:

• Age ≥60 for the heart, ≥45 years for the pancreas

• Diabetes mellitus

• Hypertension

For more on the criteria for organ donors, read here.

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Cite this: Beje Thomas, Soon Youn Yi. Fast Five Quiz: Organ Donation and Transplant - Medscape - Dec 06, 2018.