Brain death commonly occurs after a devastating central nervous system (CNS) injury from
head trauma or stroke. Severe brain injury and brain death create a variety of extra-cerebral …

With improved healthcare, more patients survive to develop chronic diseases and end organ
failure. Solid organ transplants are increasingly performed to replace failing or failed organs …

A Single-Center Experience with an Intensivist-Led Brain-Dead Donor Management Program
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With improving healthcare services, the demand for organ transplants has been increasing
daily worldwide. Deceased organ donors serve as a good alternative option to meet this …

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 …

Preserving the optimal function of donor organs must be the primary goal of physicians
caring for patients who have been certified brain dead and from whom organs will be …

The main factor limiting organ donation is the availability of suitable donors and organs.
Currently, most transplants follow multiple organ retrieval from heartbeating brain-dead …

Organ transplantation is a life-saving intervention for patients suffering from end-stage organ
failure, but it relies on the availability of donor organs. However, even when donors are …

Brain death has specific implications for organ donation with the potential for saving several
lives. Awareness on maintenance of the brain dead has increased over the last decade with …

Solid organs for transplantation are a scarce and valuable resource. For many patients
transplant offers the hope of disease cure but unfortunately demand far exceeds supply and …