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  • Title: Maximizing utilization of reported donor lungs in Eurotransplant: impact of the rescue allocation policy on utilization rates.
    Author: Smits JM, van der Bij W, Laufer G, Rahmel AO, Meiser B.
    Journal: Clin Transpl; 2009; ():123-34. PubMed ID: 20524280.
    Abstract:
    Lung donor recognition and treatment should be further improved. In 2007 only 22% of all donors in Eurotransplant were actual lung donors. During the past decade, Eurotransplant has increased the utilization of lung donors from 43% in 1999 to 54% in 2007. Increasing the number of lung transplants should be done by maximizing this utilization rate. Eurotransplant has 4 mechanisms in place in order to ensure that the highest degree of effectiveness is achieved with every reported lung donor. The Eurotransplant rescue allocation policy--which is one of these mechanisms--accounted for an additional 16.6% of the total transplant volume.
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