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Table 3.9

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

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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	854	802	774	788	717	653	708	690	758	706
Cardiac Arrest	36	41	30	40	29	20	13	10	13	12
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	36	33	44	34	36	70	83	109	128	138
Poor Organ Function/Infection	402	333	313	305	279	286	323	299	303	271
Donor Medical/Social History	80	76	100	71	72	52	46	42	55	47
Biopsy Findings	-	-	36	71	85	73	84	75	89	72
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	33	6	32	48	65	41	52	42	45	44
No Recipient Found (2)	59	67	64	61	50	55	46	58	76	77
Other	208	246	153	156	93	40	51	48	49	45
Unknown	-	-	2	2	8	16	10	7	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Cardiac Arrest	4.2%	5.1%	3.9%	5.1%	4.0%	3.1%	1.8%	1.4%	1.7%	1.7%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	4.2%	4.1%	5.7%	4.3%	5.0%	10.7%	11.7%	15.8%	16.9%	19.5%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	47.1%	41.5%	40.4%	38.7%	38.9%	43.8%	45.6%	43.3%	40.0%	38.4%
Donor Medical/Social History	9.4%	9.5%	12.9%	9.0%	10.0%	8.0%	6.5%	6.1%	7.3%	6.7%
Biopsy Findings	-	-	4.7%	9.0%	11.9%	11.2%	11.9%	10.9%	11.7%	10.2%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	3.9%	0.7%	4.1%	6.1%	9.1%	6.3%	7.3%	6.1%	5.9%	6.2%
No Recipient Found (2)	6.9%	8.4%	8.3%	7.7%	7.0%	8.4%	6.5%	8.4%	10.0%	10.9%
Other	24.4%	30.7%	19.8%	19.8%	13.0%	6.1%	7.2%	7.0%	6.5%	6.4%
Unknown	-	-	0.3%	0.3%	1.1%	2.5%	1.4%	1.0%	-	-

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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