Light D E
Department of Family Practice, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga.
South Med J. 1987 Dec;80(12):1542-5. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198712000-00014.
Postmortem cornea retrieval rates are inadequate to meet transplantation demands. Comparison of annual deaths versus donations (1982 to 1985) between Eisenhower Army Medical Center and the Medical College of Georgia reveals that Eisenhower had lower rates of cornea donation. Attitudinal surveys showed that physicians omitting organ donation requests rarely found personal objections to the request. Few house staff were familiar, initially, with correct criteria for cornea donation. Presentation of this information to physicians increased donation requests and consequently organ retrieval. This trial's success prompted requests for expansion of donation information to include other tissues.
尸检角膜获取率不足以满足移植需求。艾森豪威尔陆军医疗中心与佐治亚医学院对1982年至1985年的年度死亡人数与捐赠数量进行比较后发现，艾森豪威尔的角膜捐赠率较低。态度调查显示，省略器官捐赠请求的医生很少发现个人对该请求有异议。最初，很少有住院医生熟悉角膜捐赠的正确标准。向医生提供这些信息增加了捐赠请求，从而提高了器官获取量。这项试验的成功促使人们要求扩大捐赠信息范围，将其他组织也包括在内。
