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

Abstract

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.