Introduction: Organ recovery facilities address the logistical challenges of hospital-based
deceased organ donor management. While more organs are transplanted from donors in …

Introduction Recovery of donated organs at organ procurement organization (OPO)-based
recovery facilities has been proposed to improve organ donation outcomes, but few data …

Abstract Some United States organ procurement organizations transfer deceased organ
donors to donor care units (DCUs) for recovery procedures. We used Organ Procurement …

Background: The National Academies recommend that all United States (US) organ
procurement organizations (OPOs) operate deceased donor care units (DCU) but adoption …

Background A new era in organ donation with national redistricting is being proposed. With
these proposals, costs of organ acquisition are estimated to more than double. Traditionally …

Introduction: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is rapidly increasing in the United
States. Detailed data outlining the process from referral to organ transplantation is lacking …

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) could account for the largest expansion of the donor
allograft pool in the contemporary era. However, the organ yield and associated costs of …

Background Organ donation shortage and in particular organ procurement is an
international concern as the gap between the number of donors and recipients is steadily …

Increasing the number of available hearts for transplantation is the best strategy to decrease
waitlist mortality. This study examines organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and their …

Background: Shortfalls in deceased organ donation lead to shortages of solid organs
available for transplantation. We assessed rates of deceased organ donation and compared …