Maintaining the Option to Maintaining the Option to Donate Donate Pre-Donor Management and Brain Death Pre-Donor Management and Brain Death Declaration Declaration Michael Haley, MD Michael Haley, MD Medical Director - LifeShare of the Medical Director - LifeShare of the Carolinas Carolinas
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Maintaining the Option to DonateMaintaining the Option to Donate
Pre-Donor Management and Brain Death Pre-Donor Management and Brain Death DeclarationDeclaration
Michael Haley, MDMichael Haley, MDMedical Director - LifeShare of the CarolinasMedical Director - LifeShare of the Carolinas
Disclosure StatementDisclosure Statement
No Financial or Commercial Interest to DeclareNo Financial or Commercial Interest to Declare
Serve as Medical Director for LifeShare of the CarolinasServe as Medical Director for LifeShare of the Carolinas
ObjectivesObjectives
• Brief Overview of Donation Brief Overview of Donation – Recipient, Donor, and Regulatory ComplianceRecipient, Donor, and Regulatory Compliance
• Pathophysiology Associated with Brain Pathophysiology Associated with Brain Injury Injury
• Declaration of Death by Neurologic CriteriaDeclaration of Death by Neurologic Criteria• Review the Pathway to Organ Donation Review the Pathway to Organ Donation
and Identify Potential Areas in Which the and Identify Potential Areas in Which the Option to Donate may be LossOption to Donate may be Loss
Making the Case forMaking the Case forPreserving the Option to DonatePreserving the Option to Donate
• Recipient’s NeedRecipient’s Need
• Donor’s DesireDonor’s Desire
• Regulatory-Compliance Regulatory-Compliance
The Growing “Organ Gap”
Recipient Needs~18 people die each day due to the lack of a suitable organs for transplant (~6500 lives/yr)
Organ Procedure and Transplant Network and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients from 1989-2009
.
This circle represents the United States ~310 million people
Over 100 million registered donors in the USA
This dot represents the 8,126 deceased donor in 2011
USA Deaths 2011 - 2,515,4588,126 represents 0.3% of all deaths
Psychological Effects of Donation Psychological Effects of Donation on Familieson Families
• 98% Would choose donation again98% Would choose donation again
• • 92% Identified positive aspects to the92% Identified positive aspects to the
donation process/experiencedonation process/experience– Donation was comforting Donation was comforting – Associated with less depressionAssociated with less depression
Outcomes are better with organs obtained from live donors compared to organs from brain-dead donors as these physiologic insults are avoided
The Pathway to Organ DonationThe Pathway to Organ Donation
Severe Brain Injury
Irrecoverable loss of brain
function
Vulnerable Period
Withdraw of Care
Death by Neurologic
Criteria
Death by Neurologic CriteriaDeath by Neurologic Criteria
• <1% of all deaths in the US per year<1% of all deaths in the US per year– Estimated 15k/yr; ~2.5million deaths in US/yrEstimated 15k/yr; ~2.5million deaths in US/yr
• Historically---“Death”- permanent cessation of heart & breathing
• 1950’s Invention of artificial respirator
– Breathing supported even when people were in a deep coma.
– Invention forced doctors to rethink their definition of “death”
• 1968 Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Med SchoolAd Hoc Committee of the Harvard Med School– ““A Definition of Irreversible Coma” A Definition of Irreversible Coma” ((JAMAJAMA 1968;205:337–340) 1968;205:337–340)
• 1981 – The Uniform Death Determination Act– ““An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of
circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of all functions of the entire brainthe entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead.”, including the brain stem, is dead.”
Process of Brain Death DeclarationProcess of Brain Death Declaration
1.1. Clinical PrerequisitesClinical Prerequisites– Must evaluate for these confounding Must evaluate for these confounding
variables prior to consideration of brain variables prior to consideration of brain deathdeath
2.2. Neurological examNeurological exam
Clinical PrerequisitesClinical PrerequisitesPrior to Brain Death ConsiderationPrior to Brain Death Consideration
1st - Irreversible Cause -•Must have a proximate cause for the “brain death”
– TBI, ICH, SAH, CVA with associated edema, hypoxic-ischemic, etc.
So Why Can Problems Arise With Brain So Why Can Problems Arise With Brain Death Declarations?Death Declarations?
Brain Dead Patients Move…Brain Dead Patients Move…• Movements present in 40% of heart-beating cadaversMovements present in 40% of heart-beating cadavers• Interpreting motor responses can be challenging- Interpreting motor responses can be challenging-
some demonstrate abnormal motor activity when some demonstrate abnormal motor activity when stimulated due to stimulated due to spinal reflexesspinal reflexes– Movements occur when a sensory stimulus arises from receptors in the Movements occur when a sensory stimulus arises from receptors in the
muscle, joints, and skin, resulting in a motor response that is entirely muscle, joints, and skin, resulting in a motor response that is entirely contained within the spinal cord.contained within the spinal cord.
• Spinal reflexes include:Spinal reflexes include:– Finger jerks/oscillations– Plantar flexion in one or both lower extremities– Head turning with stimulation– Triple flexion response to plantar stimulation– Stereotypic flexion of one or more limbsStereotypic flexion of one or more limbs– Facial myokymiaFacial myokymia– Lazarus signLazarus sign
Video of MovementsVideo of Movements
Confounding VariablesConfounding Variables May be Present May be Present
• Drug intoxication/poison; electrolyte/acid-base disturbance; endocrine disturbance
Why is the Formal Declaration Why is the Formal Declaration of Brain Death Importantof Brain Death Important
• Provides family with a diagnosis of finality (no decision about “stopping” necessary)
• Allows “de-coupling” period from death and donation• Simultaneous “approach” at the time of brain
death notification is associated with a decreased donation rate by ~30% (Niles & Mattice, 1996)
The Pathway to Organ DonationThe Pathway to Organ Donation
Severe Brain Injury
Irrecoverable loss of brain
function
Vulnerable Period
Withdraw of Care
Death by Neurologic
Criteria
Donation after Brain Death
LifeShare of the CarolinasLifeShare of the Carolinas
2011 2012 2013
Referrals 10080 9984 9490
# Donors 83 87 84
Donor Mtg Time (hr) 19 25 21
Organs Recovered 322 340 338
Transplanted 274 271 259
Research 11 9 46
CaroMont Regional Medical CenterCaroMont Regional Medical Center2011 2012 2013
Referrals 1051 968 836
# Donors 7 4 6
Donor Mtg Time (hr) 17 30 25
Heart 2 0 2
Lung 6 0 1
Kidney 10 7 6
Liver 5 3 6
Pancreas 0 0 1
Intestine 0 0 1
Organs Recovered 23 10 17
Transplanted 22 10 11
Research 1 0 6
The Pathway to Organ DonationThe Pathway to Organ Donation
Severe Brain Injury
Irrecoverable loss of brain
function
Vulnerable Period
Withdraw of Care
Death by Neurologic
Criteria
Donation after Cardiac Death
(DCD)
Donation after Brain Death
Donation After Cardiac DeathDonation After Cardiac Death
• Prior to brain death laws, DCD was the way in which all organs were recovered for transplant from deceased donors (standard practice prior to the 1980s)
• 3 Separate reviews by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)3 Separate reviews by the Institute of Medicine (IOM)– ““ethically acceptable practice of end-of-life care, capable of ethically acceptable practice of end-of-life care, capable of
increasing the number of deceased-donor organs available for increasing the number of deceased-donor organs available for transplantation”transplantation”
DCD ProcessDCD Process• Withdraw of Care is decided upon prior to any
discussions about donation (DNR order entered)
• DCD is a patient/family driven process– Life Support removal- typically in operating room
• Cardiac Death Cardiac Death – Time from the onset of insufficient cardiac activity to generate a pulse Time from the onset of insufficient cardiac activity to generate a pulse
or blood flow (not necessarily the absence of all EKG activity) — to or blood flow (not necessarily the absence of all EKG activity) — to the declaration of death is 5 minutesthe declaration of death is 5 minutes
– Data suggest that circulation does not spontaneously return after it Data suggest that circulation does not spontaneously return after it has stopped for 2 minutes (has stopped for 2 minutes (auto-resuscitationauto-resuscitation))
• If death does not occur (typically within 60min) then recovery of If death does not occur (typically within 60min) then recovery of organs does not occur, end-of-life care continues organs does not occur, end-of-life care continues (up to 20% of cases)(up to 20% of cases)
Changing Paradigm in Critical CareChanging Paradigm in Critical CareHope for Recovery Hope through Donation
Aggressive Care
Deteriorating Condition
Preparing Family- “Grave Prognosis”
Declaration of Death Family Support
Life Saving Donation
Donor Management
Preserving the option to donate
End of Life Discussions…
DNR-DNILimitation of CareDonation after Cardiac Death (DCD)
Goals of Care Discussions are being addressed earlier – if the patient has the ability to donate and is thought to be dead by neurological criteria then brain death testing should be pursued
ConclusionsConclusions
• Need for organs continues to outpace the availability• Medical management of potential donors can be time
consuming and requiring advanced critical care• Brain death declaration can be complex but is an essential
component to donation• National donor data shows an increase trend in DCD
donations• All healthcare providers need to be aware of the potential