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In response to the shortage of organs for transplantation, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report suggesting individuals suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest might be a substantial new source of transplantable organs, and reports of successful uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death (UDCDD) in Spain, the New York City UDCDD Study Group has received approval for a UDCDD trial for kidneys only (1). This has been an impressive effort that has involved numerous stakeholders in the community, government agencies and medical specialists. All are to be commended for their thoughtfulness, hard work and cooperation.1
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