Table 1 |
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Information content of organ procurement organizations Web sites encouraging organ donation enrollment. |
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Data element |
N = 60(%)* |
Confidence interval + |
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Organ donation type |
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Brain death |
54(90) |
82–95 |
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Cardiac death |
30(50) |
41–62 |
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Imminent death |
6(10) |
5–18 |
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Organ procurement medical intervention |
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Disclosure of confidential medical records to OPO |
15(25) |
18–37 |
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Performing additional tests unrelated to donor illness but necessary to determine suitability for organ donation |
27(45) |
35–56 |
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Types of antemortem tests required for cardiac or imminent death organ donation (eg, Wisconsin protocol) |
1(2) |
0–7 |
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Types of antemortem invasive procedures (eg, cannulation) required for cardiac or imminent death organ procurement |
1(2) |
0–7 |
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Time of organ donation process and procurement for brain, imminent, and cardiac death |
1(2) |
0–7 |
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Surgical intervention for organ recovery in the operating room |
52(87) |
78–92 |
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Organ donor end-of-life care |
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Physicians Providers of medical care not part of the transplant team |
60(100) |
95–100 |
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Aspects of end-of-life care incompatible with organ donation |
0 |
0 |
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Death at home and organ donation |
5(8) |
4–16 |
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Option of hospice care and organ donation |
0 |
0-0 |
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Changes to medical care at the end of life for organ donation |
0 |
0-0 |
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Organ donation and body disfigurement |
59(98) |
93–100 |
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Donor knowledge score, % |
33 |
20–47 |
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Donor consent reinforcement |
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Altruistic reasons for organ donation |
59(98) |
93–100 |
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Religious views condoning organ donation |
58(97) |
90–99 |
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Discussion of donation consent with donor's family |
60(100) |
96–100 |
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Tips for persuasion of donor's family for donation consent |
9(15) |
9–24 |
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Ask donor's family near the time of death for organ donation |
55(92) |
84–95 |
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Donor's family grief is alleviated by organ donation |
26(43) |
33–53 |
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Donor's family not responsible for organ procurement expenses |
60(100) |
96–100 |
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Donor consent reinforcement score, % |
79 |
57–86 |
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Donation promotion |
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OPO is nonprofit organization |
52(87) |
78–92 |
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Adult outreach programs |
59(98) |
93–100 |
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Teacher and school outreach programs |
52(87) |
78–92 |
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Elementary schools outreach programs |
17(28) |
20–39 |
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High schools outreach programs |
36(60) |
49–70 |
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Promotion through media events |
44(73) |
63–81 |
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Recruitment and training of volunteers for organ donation promotion |
56(93) |
86–97 |
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Financial contributions from individuals, businesses, and foundations |
33(55) |
44–65 |
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Donation promotion score, % |
75 |
50–100 |
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Consent forms |
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Criteria of brain death |
0 |
0 |
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Criteria of cardiac death |
0 |
0 |
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Organ donor end-of-life care |
0 |
0 |
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Organ procurement timing in cardiac or imminent death donation |
0 |
0 |
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Medical tests necessary for organ procurement |
13(22) |
14–32 |
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Disclosure of confidential medical records to OPO |
9(15) |
9–24 |
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Informed consent score, % |
0 |
0–33 |
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* Values are numbers or median (percent) + Range (10% percentile to 90% percentile). OPO = Organ Procurement Organization. |
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Woien et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2006 7:14 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-7-14 |
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