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Primary reasons listed for the intestine not being recovered after consent was obtained include poor organ function (25%), no recipient http://www.selleck.cn/products/SP600125.html located (21%), donor medical history (10%) and organ refused by all national programs (9%). Not recovering the intestine because the organ was refused by all national programs has been increasing over the past 10 years from 1% in 1999 to 16% in 2008. Efforts to increase the donor pool and improve intestine waiting list mortality potentially include consideration of living intestine donation, DCD donors, extension of acceptable donor criteria, improved utilization of existing donors, and optimized donor allocation. Intestine transplants from living donors have not substantially http://www.selleckchem.com/products/smoothened-agonist-sag-hcl.html impacted the intestine waiting list. After a peak of 13 intestine living donors between 2004 and 2005, there were only 5 reported between 2006 and 2007, and none in 2008 [Table 1.1]. Similarly, DCD intestine donation is not expected to significantly impact intestine availability in the near future, due to the sensitivity of the intestine to ischemia. While the intestine waiting list has grown over time, only 212 patients were waiting for intestine transplant at the end of 2008 [Table 10.1a,b]. Increasing use of existing donors would be hypothesized to significantly increase intestine availability, further reducing waiting list mortality and time to transplant. In an effort to understand intestine recovery practice and identify areas for potential improvement, an analysis of the OPTN data during the past 10 years was evaluated for potentially underutilized donors, using the following criteria for potential intestine donation: donors 50 years of age or less, who had other organs utilized (for donors age 0�C2 years, any organ used; for donors age 2�C50 years, liver transplanted); terminal AST and ALT 1 year; confirmed negative virus serology (human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], human T-lymphotropic virus [HTLV], hepatitis B core antibodies [HBcAb], hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] and hepatitis C antibodies [HCV]); two inotropes or less at time of recovery; if a cardiac arrest occurred http://www.selleckchem.com/products/epz015666.html after declaration of brain death and the resuscitation time was less than 15 min (cardiac arrest