Background The shortage of lung donors for transplantation is the main limitation among
patients awaiting this type of surgery. We previously demonstrated that an intensive lung …

Background An intensive lung donor-management protocol based on a strict protocol would
increase the lung procurement rate. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of such …

OBJECTIVES Competing requirements for organ perfusion may call for antagonistic
strategies such as fluid replacement or high positive end-expiratory pressure. We recently …

Background Lung procurement for transplantation occurs in approximately 20% of brain
dead donors and is a major impediment to wider application of lung transplantation. We …

OBJECTIVES Donor organ shortage remains to be the major limitation in lung
transplantation, and donation after circulatory death (DCD) might represent one way to …

Background Lung transplantation remains the only treatment for end-stage lung disease.
Availability of suitable lungs does not parallel this growing trend. Centers using donation …

Background. Lung transplantations (LTx) have become an effective lifesaving treatment for
patients with end-stage lung diseases. While the shortage of lung donor pool and severe …

Context Many potential donor lungs deteriorate between the time of brain death and
evaluation for transplantation suitability, possibly because of the ventilatory strategy used …

Rationale: Patients who progress to brain death after resuscitation from cardiac arrest have
been hypothesized to represent an underused source of potential organ donors; however …

Lung transplantation (LTx) has traditionally been limited by a lack of suitable donor lungs.
With the recognition that lungs are more robust than initially thought, the size of the donor …