T HE relevance of a well-functioning transplanted organ cannot be over-emphasized and is
clearly crucial for the success of organs requiring immediate function, such as the heart and …

There are several steps on the path from potential donor to actual donor. These steps have
been defined as: identification and detection of all potential donors; brain death …

Organ shortage is the greatest challenge facing the field of organ transplantation today. A
variety of approaches have been implemented to expand the organ donor pool including …

Solid organ transplant offers the hope of disease cure for hundreds of thousands of patients
worldwide. Not only does it increase life expectancy and improve the quality of life, it …

Organ transplantation has progressed tremendously with improvements in surgical methods,
organ preservation, and pharmaco-immunologic therapies and has become a critical …

Drs DeBose and Salim provide a useful overview of some current accomplishments in organ
procurement and offer an algorithm for treatment of hypotension and other clinical problems …

Transplantation has been incorporated into the treatment of patients with end-stage
diseases of most major organ systems in recent years. However, organ supply is the …

The disparity between the number of patients in need of organ transplantation and the
number of available organs is steadily rising. We hypothesized that intensivist‐led …

Organ donation and successful retrieval of life-saving organs is a complex process involving
coordination of multiple transplant teams. Once brain death has been declared, assessment …

Objectives Expand the donors pool is one of the most hastening problems among transplant
coordination teams all over the world. Our Hospital outlined thirteen years ago a specific …