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Volume 349:2073-2075 November 20, 2003 Number 21
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Estimating the Number of Potential Organ Donors in the United States

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To the Editor: Sheehy et al. (Aug. 14 issue)1 show the relevance of studying the pool of brain-dead potential organ donors. Similar studies conducted in Spain during the past 10 years have resulted in increases in the actual rates of donation, making the rate in our country the highest in the world.2

The two main causes of the loss of donors are similar worldwide: low rates of identification or referral of brain-dead patients and refusal by the family.3 To address both of these causes, it is essential to collaborate with transplantation coordinators in hospitals, regardless of the size of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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