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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in a kidney donor associated with transient recipient DIC.

Bennett WM, Hansen KS, Houghton DC, McEvoy KM

Solid Organ and Cellular Transplantation, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR, USA. bennettw@lhs.org

It has been controversial whether or not to accept kidneys for transplantation from donors with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). We report two recipients who received the kidneys from a donor with DIC following traumatic head injury. Despite evidence of donor kidney glomerular fibrin deposits and ongoing low-grade DIC in the recipients, which resolved after 5-7 days; both recipients did well suggesting that donors with DIC can be successfully used for renal transplantation.

Published 12 January 2005 in Am J Transplant, 5(2): 412-4.
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