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Neonatal organ donation successful in London hospital
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A successful neonatal organ donation recently was conducted at a London hospital, according to a report in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
“This is the first ever neonatal organ donation after circulatory determination of death reported in the United Kingdom,” according to Gaurav Atreja, MD, and Sunit Godambe, MD, of Hammersmith Hospital, who wrote the report.
Gaurav Atreja
The kidneys and hepatocytes were successfully retrieved from an infant aged 6 days after circulatory determination of death. Both kidneys and hepatocytes were transplanted or transfused to two suitable recipients, according to the report.
“It is due to the extreme generosity of the parents and a wonderful professional collaboration between the neonatal team and organ donation team that this process was successful,” Atreja and Godambe wrote. “This case has set a milestone in the care of newborns in the United Kingdom. A significant proportion of babies who die in neonatal units are potential organ donors.”
Sunit Godambe
With updated guidelines from the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Heath on the horizon, this donation may help standardize the approach to neonatal organ donation, according to the researchers.
Disclosure: The researchers report no relevant financial disclosures.
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