RT Book, Section
A1 Guevara, Sara
A1 Katz, Mitchell H
A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo
SR Print(0)
ID 1194178480
T1 Organ Donation Shortage: A Public Health Perspective
T2 Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260474275
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194178480
RD 2024/04/17
AB Over  107,000  men,  women,  and  children  are  on  the  national  transplant  waiting  list  as  of  February  2021,  and  every  9  minutes  another  person  is  added.1Although  90%  U.S.  adults  support  organ  donation,  only  60%  are  registered  as  donors.1Only  3  in  1,000  people  die  in  a  way  that  allows  for  organ  donation.1On  average,  17  people  die  daily  due  to  shortage  of  organs  available  for  transplant.2