First Organ Donation after Circulatory Death Following Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatment in Korea: a Case Report
- Authors
- Jeong, Eunsil; Baik, Seungmin; Park, Hoonsung; Oh, Jaesook; Lee, Yongmin; Lee, Jae Myeong
- Issue Date
- 14-6월-2021
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Donation after Circulatory Death; Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatment
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.36, no.23, pp.1 - 6
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 36
- Number
- 23
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 6
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/137304
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e171
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- In February 2018, the Withdrawal of the Life-sustaining Treatment (WLST) Decision Act was legalized in Korea. Donation after circulatory death (DCD) after WLST was classified as DCD category III. We report the first case of successful organ donation after WLST in Korea. A 52-year-old male who experienced cerebral hemorrhage was a potential brain-dead donor with donation consent. During the first brain death examination, Babinski reflex was present, which disappeared two days later. Then, electroencephalography was performed five times at intervals of 2 to 3 days, according to the recommendation of a neurologist. The patient was transferred to the OR at 19:30 July 3, 2020. At 20:00, an intensive care unit specialist performed extubation and discontinued vasopressors. Oxygen saturation fell to < 70% in 1 minute, which signaled the beginning of functional warm ischemia. At 20:15, asystole was confirmed; after 5 minutes of "no-touch time," circulatory death was declared. Organ procurement surgery was initiated, with surgeons performing the recipient surgery ready in the adjacent OR. Through the first successful DCD case, we expected that DCD will be actively implemented in Korea, saving the lives of patient waiting for transplantation and resolving the imbalance between organ receipt and donation.
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