BACKGROUND: Organ shortage is a major problem in transplantation. Many potential
donors are still lost due to a lack of information and communication. Many transplantation …

Despite multiple efforts to increase organ donation, there remains a critical shortage of
organ donors [1]. Furthermore, the number of organs procured per donor has remained …

Background: The disparity between the number of people awaiting organ transplantation
and the number of organs available has become a public health crisis. As many as 25% of …

Background Hemodynamic instability and myocardial dysfunction are major factors
preventing the transplantation of hearts from organ donors after brain death. Intravenous …

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 …

DISCUSSION In the United States today, the organ transplant waiting list oversaw a
dramatic increase of approximately 130% in the past decade alone. 2 Documented numbers …

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 …

In many patients with end-stage organ dysfunction, solid organ transplantation has emerged
as the treatment of choice; however, the paucity of suitable organ donors has placed severe …

Haemodynamic changes: Brain death is accompanied by a series of complex
haemodynamic, neurohormonal and immunological changes. The time course and severity …

As the waiting list for organ transplant continues to increase (over 90,000 candidates as of
May 30, 2007), the pressure to increase the number of donor organs is the impetus to …