Hormonal therapy to brain-dead potential organ donors remains controversial. A
retrospective study was carried out of hormonal therapy on procurement of organs in 63,593 …

Background Hormonal therapy to the brain-dead potential organ donor can include thyroid
hormone (triiodothyronine [T 3] or levothyroxine [T 4]), corticosteroids, antidiuretic hormone …

Hormonal replacement therapy to brain‐dead potential organ donors remains controversial.
A retrospective study was carried out of hormonal therapy on procurement of organs in 63 …

The aggressive management of brain‐dead (cadaveric) organ donors has been shown to
increase organs available for transplantation. Some centers use hormone therapy with …

This study was conducted to determine whether the administration of tri-iodothyronine (T3)
to brain-dead donor pigs would improve hemodynamic instability, serum levels of thyroid …

Data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ
Sharing database indicate that hormonal therapy of the brain-dead potential organ donor (in …

Hormonal therapy to the brain-dead organ donor can include thyroid hormone
(triiodothyronine [T 3] or levothyroxine [T 4]), antidiuretic hormone, corticosteroids, or insulin …

Brainstem death is associated with endocrine and metabolic alterations that can result in
donor hemo-dynamic instability. It has been suggested that these changes can be reversed …

Twenty brain‐dead potential organ donors were studied prospectively to establish thyroid
function. Two or three consecutive blood samples were obtained during brain death. Seven …

Introduction 3. Observations leading to the recognition of the deleterious effects of brain
death on donor organs 4. Management of the potential organ donor in 1981 5. Studies of …