Research is important to improve the quality and availability of transplantable organs.
Deceased donor research has been hindered by ethical and practical challenges. This …

Interventional research on deceased organ donors and donor organs prior to transplant
holds the promise of reducing the number of patients who die waiting for an organ by …

Introduction Research on the management of deceased organ donors aims to improve the
number and quality of transplants and recipient outcomes. In Canada, this research is …

Innovative deceased donor intervention strategies have the potential to increase the number
and quality of transplantable organs. Yet there is confusion over regulatory and legal …

Materials and Methods Thirty clinicians (ICU physicians, donor coordinators, transplant
physicians, transplant surgeons and policy makers) from eight countries (Australia, New …

Background. This report provides recommendations from the Research and Innovation
domain as part of the International Donation and Transplantation Legislative and Policy …

The authors use a recently completed multidonor hospital study that involved treating donors
with albuterol prior to organ recovery as an example of a recent low-risk trial to demonstrate …

Canada is the second-largest country in the world with its relatively small population
(approximately 35 million) divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. Administration and …

Background. Donor interventions, including medications, protocols, and medical devices
administered to donors, can enhance transplantable organ quality and quantity and …

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is clinically used to improve neurologic outcomes in patients
with anoxic brain injury after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). For patients that regress …