• 임상간호연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effects of Brain Death Organ Donation Education on nurses' knowledge and attitudes. Methods: It is a quasi-experimental study using the non-equivalent control group. A total of 100 nurses participated in the study; 50 in the experimental group, and the rest in control group. Collected data were analyzed using ${\chi}^2-test$, t-test and ANCOVA by SPSS 12.0 program Results: There was a statistically significant difference in knowledge (F=13.29, p<.001), and attitude (F=4.35, p=.040) after the experimental group received Brain Death Organ Donation Education. Conclusion: The Brain Death Organ Donation Education was revealed as an effective tool in improving nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward organ donation.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2020

It is necessary to expand organ donations of the deceased, as more ethical problems are emerging from the increase in organ donations from the living. As the legal and ethical discussions on donation after circulatory death (DCD) as a field with the potential to expand such domestic organ donation are being held, the need for a social consensus is increasingly highlighted. Organ DCD refers to the donation of an organ from a patient whose spontaneous blood circulation has stopped due to cardiac death. In this study, we aimed to examine whether there are legal and ethical obstacles or medical uncertainties for expanding the practice of DCD. By law, death is recognized as cardiac death, and brain death is recognized as an exception for organ transplantation. Although circulatory death precedes brain death, this paper presents a discussion to begin the process of reaching an ethical and legal agreement on whether or not circulatory death can be recognized as death. Successful implementations of DCD, including Category III DCD, in other countries are currently being reviewed to introduce Category III DCD in Korea.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.283-287
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• 2022

The shortage of donor lungs has become a serious obstacle to implementing lung transplantation (LTx). Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are among the several donor pools utilized to overcome the problem posed by the shortage of donation after brain death (DBD) donors. The active use of DCD donors is expected to significantly reduce mortality on the waiting list for LTx, as LTx from DCD donors has comparable outcomes to LTx from DBD donors. Further studies on efforts to shorten the warm ischemic time and use uncontrolled DCD are required.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.405-413
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• 2019

Background Face transplantation has naturally evolved from reconstructive procedures. However, few institutions perform face transplantations, because it is time-consuming and it is necessary to justify non-vital organ transplantation. We investigated the process of organ donation from brain-dead patients and the possibility of incorporating face transplantation into the donation process. Methods A retrospective review was performed of 1,074 brain-dead patients from January 2015 to December 2016 in Korea. We analyzed the time intervals from admission to brain death decisions (first, second, and final), the causes of brain death, and the state of the transplanted organs. Results The patient base (n=1,074) was composed of 747 males and 327 females. The average period between admission to the first brain death decision was 8.5 days (${\pm}15.3$). The average time intervals between the first brain death decision and medical confirmation using electroencephalography and between the first brain death decision and the final determination of brain death were 16 hours 58 minutes (${\pm}14hours$ 50 minutes) and 22 hours 57 minutes (${\pm}16hours$ 16 minutes), respectively. The most common cause of brain death was cerebral hemorrhage/stroke (42.3%), followed by hypoxia (30.1%), and head trauma (25.2%). Conclusions When face transplantation is performed, the transplantation team has 22 hours 57 minutes on average to prepare after the first brain death decision. The cause of brain death was head trauma in approximately one-fourth of cases. Although head trauma does not always imply facial trauma, surgeons should be aware that the facial tissue may be compromised in such cases.

• Journal of Korean Medical Science
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• 제33권50호
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• pp.326.1-326.10
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• 2018

Background: This retrospective study analyzed the causes of failure in the management process from the identification of brain-dead potential organ donors to actual donation in Korea over the past 5 years. Methods: Data of 8,120 potential brain deaths reported to the Korea Organ Donation Agency were used, including information received at the time of reporting, donation suitability evaluation performed by the coordinator after the report, and data obtained from interviews of hospital medical staff and the donor's family. Results: From January 2012 to December 2016, the total number of brain-dead potential organ donors in Korea was 8,120, of which 2,348 (28.9%) underwent organ procurement surgery with designated recipients. While the number of transplant donors has increased over time, the ratio of transplant donors to medically suitable brain-dead donors has decreased. The common causes of donation failure included donation refusal (27.6%), non-brain death (15.5%), and incompatible donation (11.6%); 104 potential donors (7.8%) were unable to donate their organs because they were not pronounced brain dead. Conclusion: The rate of successful organ donation may be increased by analyzing the major causes of failure in the brain-dead organ donation management process and engaging in various efforts to prevent such failures.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2006

목적: 본 연구는 간호사를 대상으로 뇌사자 장기 기증에 대한 태도와 태도도구 항목의 요인분석을 실시하여 뇌사자 장기기증 활성화를 위한 기초자료를 마련하고, 뇌사자 장기기증 활성화를 위한 방법을 모색할 목적으로 실시하였다. 방법: B광역시에 위치하고 있는 3개의 대학병원과 4개의 종합병원에 근무하는 간호사 198명을 대상으로 조사한 서술적 조사연구이다. 기관의 부서장을 만나 연구의 목적과 필요성을 설명하여 허락을 받고, 병동 수간호사에게 연구의 취지와 목적을 다시 설명하고 협조를 구한 후, 해당 병동 간호사의 동의를 얻어 구조화된 설문지를 배부하여 설문조사 하였다. 결과: 대상자의 뇌사자 장기기증에 대한 태도도구 항목의 요인은 긍정적 태도가 '뇌사의 법적 사망 인정' 요인, '뇌사시 장기기증 의사' 요인, '학교교육과정에 포함' 요인, '타인에 대한 선물' 요인, '전문단체와의 연결'요인, '뇌사인정은 꼭 필요' 요인, '국가적으로 제도화' 요인, '장기이식을 위해 좋은 일' 요인으로 나타났고, 부정적 태도는 '종교와 생명의 존엄성에 위배' 요인, '뇌사인정 시 위험성' 요인, '의료진에 대한 불신감' 요인, '장기 기증 권유의 부담'요인, '경제적 보상'요인으로 나타났다. 대상자의 뇌사자 장기기증에 대한 긍정적 태도정도는 총 평균평점이 3.75점, 표준편차가 3.40로 중간 정도로 나타났다. 각 요인별 긍정적 태도정도는 '학교교육과정에 포함' 요인이 가장 높았고($4.15{\pm}0.54$), 긍정적 태도정도가 가장 낮은 요인은 '뇌사시 장기기증 의사' 요인($3.27{\pm}0.56$)이었다. 그리고 대상자의 뇌사자 장기기증에 대한 부정적 태도정도는 총 평균평점이 2.92점, 표준편차가 0.47로 중간 정도로 나타났다. 각 요인별 긍정적 태도정도는 '장기기증 권유의 부담' 요인($3.11{\pm}0.58$)이 가장 높았고, 부정적 태도정도가 가장 낮은 도인은 '종교와 생명의 존엄성에 위배' 요인($2.50{\pm}0.64$)으로 나타났다. 결론: 뇌사자 장기 기증에 대한 간호사의 수용적인 태도 전환을 위해 간호대학 교육과정에 이에 관한 교육내용이 포함되어야 하고 또한 졸업간호사들을 위한 보수교육과정에도 이를 포함시켜야 할 필요성이 있으며, 이는 뇌사 입법화 후 감소추세에 있는 장기 이식과 뇌사자 장기 기증에 관한 태도의 변화를 가져오는데 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.104-112
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• 2016

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of organ donation education on undergraduate students' knowledge, attitude and practice will to organ donation. Methods: The study used a quasi-experimental design. A total of 164 students from K university, Seoul, Korea were recruited; 74 in the experimental group and 90 in the control group. The experimental group received an education on organ donation developed by researchers. A structured questionnaire was used to measure the student's knowledge, attitude and practice will to organ donation before and after the education. Data were analyzed using t-test, ${\chi}^2$-test, and ANCOVA with SPSS WIN 21.0 program. Results: After the intervention, we found that the scores of knowledge, knowledge of the definition of brain death, donation attitude, total scores of attitude, emotional attitude, and behavioral attitude were significantly higher in the experimental group than the those of control group. Total knowledge scores were positively correlated with subscales of the knowledge scale and all subscales of attitude toward organ donation. Conclusion: The results indicate that organ donation education is effective to enhance knowledge and attitude to organ donation in undergraduate students.