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Table 3.3

Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 1992 to 2001

Kidney

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs	Year
Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	379	385	469	534	536	616	744	708	796	839
Cardiac Arrest	4	4	10	-	-	1	4	2	-	-
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	47	30	40	45	24	59	85	63	87	90
Poor Organ Function/Infection	165	162	174	236	250	281	367	361	389	454
Donor Medical/Social History	33	44	64	80	127	98	105	89	112	115
Biopsy Findings	-	-	3	4	12	9	15	6	21	7
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	26	4	20	26	20	44	26	28	38	24
No Recipient Found (2)	20	19	39	24	15	26	30	30	45	29
Other	84	122	114	116	88	81	92	119	104	120
Unknown	-	-	5	3	-	17	20	10	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Cardiac Arrest	1.1%	1.0%	2.1%	-	-	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	-	-
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	12.4%	7.8%	8.5%	8.4%	4.5%	9.6%	11.4%	8.9%	10.9%	10.7%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	43.5%	42.1%	37.1%	44.2%	46.6%	45.6%	49.3%	51.0%	48.9%	54.1%
Donor Medical/Social History	8.7%	11.4%	13.6%	15.0%	23.7%	15.9%	14.1%	12.6%	14.1%	13.7%
Biopsy Findings	-	-	0.6%	0.7%	2.2%	1.5%	2.0%	0.8%	2.6%	0.8%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	6.9%	1.0%	4.3%	4.9%	3.7%	7.1%	3.5%	4.0%	4.8%	2.9%
No Recipient Found (2)	5.3%	4.9%	8.3%	4.5%	2.8%	4.2%	4.0%	4.2%	5.7%	3.5%
Other	22.2%	31.7%	24.3%	21.7%	16.4%	13.1%	12.4%	16.8%	13.1%	14.3%
Unknown	-	-	1.1%	0.6%	-	2.8%	2.7%	1.4%	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

(1) = Organ Unsatisfactory: Organ Damage or Anatomic Abnormalities.

(2) = No Recipient Found: Recipient Not Located or List Exhausted.

Reasons for non-recovery are shown for all deceased organs from donors who donated at least one solid organ.

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