Profile of organ donors in a public hospital in western Santa Catarina

Silva, Olvani Martins; Kolhs, Marta; Ascari, Rosana Amora; Ferraboli, Silvia; Kessler, Marciane; Muniz, Thais

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%T Profile of organ donors in a public hospital in western Santa Catarina
%A Silva, Olvani Martins
%A Kolhs, Marta
%A Ascari, Rosana Amora
%A Ferraboli, Silvia
%A Kessler, Marciane
%A Muniz, Thais
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 4
%P 1534-1545
%V 6
%D 2014
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54482-8
%X Objective: To learn the epidemiologic profile of human organ and tissue donors of a public hospital in western Santa Catarina. Method: Documentary retrospective descriptive analysis, being a sample of medical records of patients that donated organs in the period from 2005 to 2010, and who met the donation effectiveness criteria. A semi-structured instrument used for data collection. Results: The results showed a predominance of male donors with 68%; aged 20 to 30 years (54%), level of education 48% had incomplete primary education, religion, 73% were Catholic, 52% of the diagnosis head trauma; most donated organs were the liver and kidney, both with 52%, with 42% heart. Conclusion: The majority of donors were male, young adult, low education, TBI being the main cause of death.
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