1. Liver Donation After Brain Death Following Intentional Ingestion of 99% E-Cigarette Liquid Nicotine 10 mL
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Jin Hong Min, Hong Joon Ahn, Yeonho You, Junwan Lee, Wonjoon Jeong, Seung Whan Kim, Seung Ryu, Insool Yoo, Sang Min Jung, Sung Uk Cho, Yongchul Cho, Se Kwang Oh, Jin Woong Lee, and Jung Soo Park
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Transplantation ,business.industry ,Physiology ,030230 surgery ,medicine.disease ,NICOTINE INGESTION ,Donation after brain death ,Nicotine ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nicotine overdose ,Donation ,Medicine ,Ingestion ,Steatosis ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Incidences of brain death due to nicotine overdose by e-cigarettes have been increasing. In such cases, liver donation has been not reported because of the secondary damage to the liver due to metabolism of large amounts of nicotine. However, kidneys have been considered acceptable for transplant. Here, we present a successful case of liver transplant from a brain-dead donor due to intentional nicotine ingestion who did not have extensive steatosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such a case.
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- 2020