Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) has contributed to increasing donor
numbers all over the world. Experiences published in the last years confirm that the …

Background Lung transplants from donation after circulatory death (DCD) have been
scarcely used in the United States. Concerns about the warm ischemic injury, resource mal …

Background The objective of this study was to review the international experience in lung
transplantation using lung donation after circulatory death (DCD). Methods In this …

Many lung transplant programs now use organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD).
However, brain dead donors far outnumber DCD donors, particularly in the United States. At …

Purpose: Utilization of donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors has the potential to
decrease donor shortage in lung transplantation (LTx). This study reviews the long-term …

Background This study aimed to examine intermediate-term outcomes of lung
transplantation (LTx) recipients from donors after circulatory death (DCD). Methods We …

The growing demand for suitable lungs for transplantation drives the quest for alternative
strategies to expand the donor pool. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of lung …

The implementation of donation after circulatory death category 3 (DCD3) was one of the
attempts to reduce the gap between supply and demand of donor lungs. In the Netherlands …

BACKGROUND: Organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to alleviate
some of the shortage of suitable lungs for transplantation. Only limited data describe …

BACKGROUND: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) to overcome the donor organ shortage
is now moving into the clinical setting, but the medium-term outcome after DCD lung …