The first clinical experience with organ donation from donors after cardiac death (DCD) - Case report
2014
Abstract
Two separate types of organ donation from dead donors exist in the Czech law. The first type is donation from donors after brain death (DBD) and the second type is donation from donors after cardiac death (DCD).
While the first type is a routine part of clinical practice in the Czech Republic, donation from donors after circulatory death is in its begin- nings. The recommendation of competent professional societies for donation after cardiac death was approved in 2013.
In this case report of a 45-year old man after severe brain injury, we try to point out the important differences in the cardiac (circulatory) death donation proces.