Aspects of Present and Future Data Presentation in Scandiatransplant

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 732 - 735
• Main Authors: Grunnet, N, Bödvarsson, M, Jakobsen, A, Kyllönen, L, Olausson, M, Pfeffer, P, Sørensen, S. Schwartz
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01-03-2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Death; Cadaver; Cause of Death; Databases, Factual; Denmark; Factual; Finland; Forecasting; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Heart Transplantation; Heart Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Kidney Transplantation; Kidney Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Liver Transplantation; Liver Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Lung Transplantation; Lung Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medical sciences; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; Norway; Organ Transplantation; Organ Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Resource Allocation; Resource Allocation - statistics & numerical data; Scandinavia; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; statistics & numerical data; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tissue Donors; Tissue Donors - statistics & numerical data; Tissue, organ and graft immunology; Denmark; Norway; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; Finland; Medicine; Graft; Data; Transplantation; Treatment; Surgery
• ISSN: 0041-1345; 1873-2623
• DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.01.032

Abstract Scandiatransplant is the Nordic organ exchange organization having existed for almost 40 years. With close collaboration between transplant centers in the Nordic countries, it has been valuable to ensure the optimal usage of available organs. The heart is the most often exchanged organ within the collaboration. It has been decided to create a priority for hyperimmunized kidney patients for compulsory exchange of organs from deceased donors. The age of the deceased organ donors has changed from younger to older donors. The evaluation of deceased kidney transplantations and deceased liver transplantations from 1995 to 2007 is shown for 4 countries. Iceland by itself is performing living donor kidney transplantations with great intensity. Scandiatransplant will make efforts to present more data than just transplantation to yield a more complete picture of organ transplantation.