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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · May 1995
[Shortage of lung donors: 3-year experience in the Groningen Academic Hospital].
To analyse the background of the shortage of donor lungs; to present the procedure of allocation of donor lungs in the Eurotransplant region and the selection of donor lungs in the lung transplantation programme Groningen. ⋯ Lung donor shortage is the main factor limiting the expansion of lung transplantation programmes. Increase of the number of suitable donors can be achieved by improving donor recognition and donor management, and by improving preservation techniques allowing increased acceptable cold ischaemia periods.