In an era where there is a shortage of lungs for transplantation is increased utilization of
lungs from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. We review the reports of 11 …

Chronic organ shortage remains the most limiting factor in lung transplantation. To
overcome this shortage, a minority of centers have started with efforts to reintroduce …

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 …

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 …

Although lung transplantation is a well-accepted treatment for advanced lung diseases,
donor shortage remains a significant limiting factor resulting in an increasing number of …

Donation-after cardiac death (DCD) donor organs have potential to significantly alleviate the
shortage of transplantable lungs. However, only limited data so far describes DCD lung …

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Strategies for safe donor expansion: donor management, donat... : Current Opinion in Organ
Transplantation Strategies for safe donor expansion: donor management, donations after …

The number of patients actively awaiting lung transplantation (LTx) is more than the number
of suitable donor lungs. The percentage of lung retrieval rate is lower when compared to …

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 …