Organ donation

Q: Use of thyroid hormone therapy during the management of the deceased organ donor has shown association with increased procurement of all of the following organs except? 

A) heart
B) lungs
C) kidneys
D) pancreas
E) liver


Answer: E

Thyroid hormone therapy during the management of the deceased organ donor is found to have improved cardiac output and hemodynamic stability. In a huge retrospective analysis of data of 63,593 donors, it was concluded that the thyroid hormone was associated with increased procurement of hearts, lungs, kidneys, pancreases, and intestines, but not livers.

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Reference:

Novitzky D, Mi Z, Sun Q, et al. Thyroid hormone therapy in the management of 63,593 brain-dead organ donors: a retrospective analysis. Transplantation 2014; 98:1119.