However, since the development of modern asystole donations, the technique's popularity has grown to make up about one-third of all donations in Spain, La Paz said. Most transplanted organs stem from donors who have suffered brain death but retain a heartbeat, as this keeps the organs intact. What makes Emma's case special is the difficulty in preserving an intestine from asystole donation due to the digestive organ's characteristics. Spain is a world leader in organ transplants, with more than 102 of them performed per million inhabitants in 2021, a rate surpassed only by the United. The donor's organs are then artificially preserved - despite the lack of oxygenated blood - through a system known as Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).
She said Emma is now 17 months old.Īsystole donations proceed from a dead person after doctors confirm the absence of a heartbeat and breathing functions.
"The good news is that life goes on, that Emma is very brave and proving every day that she wants to keep on living," her mother told reporters before thanking the donor's family and the doctors. The infant, Emma, had been diagnosed with intestinal failure when she was just one month old because her intestine was too short, and her health rapidly deteriorated until receiving the multivisceral transplant.Īside from the intestine, Emma also received a new liver, stomach, spleen and pancreas.
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