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Table 1 Reported cases of toxins and poisons leading to successful organ transplantation following brain stem death

From: Poisoned patients as potential organ donors: postal survey of transplant centres and intensive care units

Organ transplanted

Poisons and toxins

Heart

Barbiturates, benzodiazepines, brodifacoum (rodenticide), carbon monoxide, cyanide, ecstasy, insulin, methanol, paracetamol, venlafaxine

Kidney

Barbiturates, benzodiazepines, brodifacoum, carbon monoxide, cocaine, cyanide, ecstasy, insulin, malathion, methanol, paracetamol, tricyclic antidepressants

Liver

Amanita phalloides mushroom, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, brodifacoum, carbon monoxide, cocaine, cyanide, ecstasy, lead, malathion, methaqualone, methanol, tricyclic antidepressants

Lung

Brodifacoum, carbon monoxide, ecstasy, methanol

Pancreas

Brodifacoum, carbon monoxide, cyanide, ecstasy, insulin methanol, paracetamol

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