CRITERIA ON ASSIGNING KIDNEY FROM DECEASED PATIENTS AT HOSPITALS IN MEXICO
Keywords:
ethics, transplants, pediatrics, deceased donor, decision-making.Abstract
In Mexico, kidneys from deceased donors are assigned to recipients in accordance with the General Health Act, which provides no clear criteria on distribution and, unfortunately, no histocompatibility tests are done.
A questionnaire with information concerning fi ve case histories of patients on a waiting list for a transplant was used to evaluate the criteria on allocation. The questionnaire was applied by asking in what order the patients would be assigned a kidney. The results showed there were no common criteria within each hospital or among the hospitals in the sample. Under ideal conditions, there should be a point system for assigning organs from deceased donors that includes histocompatibility tests.
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