William Cruz Mususú, Andrea García-Lopez, Nicolás Lozano-Suarez, Andrea Gómez-Montero, Milena Orellano-Salas, Luisa Vargas-Pérez, Ximena Escobar-Chaves, Fernando Girón-Luque
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a comprehensive overview of organ donation, organ utilization, and discard in the entire donation process in Colombia. METHODS: A retrospective study of 1 451 possible donors, distributed in three regions of Colombia, evaluated in 2022. The general characteristics, diagnosis, and causes of contraindication for potential donors were described. RESULTS: Among the 1 451 possible donors, 441 (30.4%) fulfilled brain death criteria, constituting the potential dono r pool...
2024: Pan American Journal of Public Health