Background There has been a remarkable increase in simultaneous liver and kidney
transplantations (SLK). As organ demand has increased, so has the use of donation after …

Background The ascertainment of brain death (the irreversible, total loss of brain function)
gives the physician the opportunity to limit or stop further treatment. Alternatively, if the brain …

The demand for donor organs continues to exceed the number of organs available for
transplantation. Many reasons may account for this discrepancy, such as the lack of consent …

Organ shortage is the greatest challenge facing the field of organ transplantation today. A
variety of approaches have been implemented to expand the organ donor pool including …

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 …

Objective To contribute to updating the recommendations for brain-dead potential organ
donor management. Method A group of 27 experts, including intensivists, transplant …

Background Transplantation of organs from living donors helps to decrease the organ
shortage and shortens waiting times. Living donor (LD) transplantation is also generally …

Background: The cause of brain injury may influence the number of organs that can be
procured and transplanted with donation following neurologic determination of death. We …

Donors whose diagnosis of death is based upon neurologic criteria are the primary source
of organs for human transplantation. The current measure of effectiveness of organ donation …

Background As the need for transplantable organs increases, waiting lists of patients
become longer. We studied the size and composition of the national pool of brain-dead …