As of August 2007, 96 900 people are awaiting organ transplantation in the United States,
while only 28 930 transplants were performed in 2006. With such a large gap between …

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 …

Objective: Many organ procurement organizations have implemented critical care end points
as donor management goals in efforts to increase organs transplanted per donor after …

Worldwide 715 482 patients have received a lifesaving organ transplant since 1988. During
this time, there have been advances in donor management and in the perioperative care of …

Organ transplantation continues to be hindered by a limited supply of organs. A significant
percentage of potential organ donors are lost to either medical failure or inability to obtain …

The disparity between the number of patients in need of organ transplantation and the
number of available organs is steadily rising. We hypothesized that intensivist‐led …

Organ transplantation represents one of the great success stories of 20th century medicine.
However, its continued success is greatly limited by the shortage of donor organs. This has …

End-organ failure is associated with high mortality and morbidity, in addition to increased
health care costs. Organ transplantation is the only definitive treatment that can improve …

Mortality remains high for patients on the waiting list for organ transplantation. A marked
imbalance between the number of available organs and recipients that need to be …

Organ procurement (OP) from donors after brain death and circulatory death represents the
primary source of transplanted organs. Despite favorable laws and regulations, OP …