First International Transplant Network CongressOrgan DonationKnowledge and Attitude Toward Brain Death and Organ Donation Among Anesthesiology and Reanimation Professionals
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Methods
After receiving approval from the Ethics Committee, the required approval was obtained from the Board of Turkish Anesthesiology and Reanimation Society, which has approximately 2500 members, and questionnaires were sent to the members periodically over the Internet from December 8, 2014, to January 24, 2017. The data were collected electronically. In addition, in the form of a printed questionnaire distributed at the meetings (eg, symposium, national congress, seminar, course), the lecturers
Results
A total of 564 (22.56%) completed questionnaires were returned. The sex distribution of the respondents was 207 (36.7%) female and 357 (63.3%) male; the mean age was 37 ± 7 years.
It can be said that the participants have knowledge about the current legislation on brain death and organ transplantation, and an average of 70% (range, 37.8%–94.1%) have a positive attitude toward it. The questions about the neurologic examination interval for adults and children who are younger than 2 months and
Discussion
Each year 2000 people are diagnosed as brain dead in our country. Intensive care unit professionals try to tell their relatives that although their loved ones breathe with a device and the support of drugs, they are dead despite their heart beating [10]. As 25% of people diagnosed as brain dead can be donors, in this questionnaire study we attempted to determine information, tendency, and attitude about brain death and organ transplantation among anesthesiology and reanimation professionals,
Conclusion
Organ shortage is a universal problem encountered because of imbalance between supply of and demand for organs. Despite the potential for donation with 2000 brain deaths per year in the country, low rates of family permission stand against it.
The most important way to solve this problem is to provide adequate education to main stakeholders. This is the most effective method to improve the public’s behavior.
Theoretical training about brain death and organ donation is beneficial when performed
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