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 …

One of the first attempts to define brain death (BD) dates from 1963, and since then, the
diagnosis criteria of that entity have evolved. In spite of the publication of practice …

Purpose To provide a practical overview of the management of the potential organ donor in
the intensive care unit. Methods Seven areas of donor management were considered for this …

The organ shortage is widely acknowledged as the most critical factor hindering the full
realization of success for solid organ transplantation. Innovation in the areas of donor …

RESUMO O transplante de órgãos é a única alternativa para muitos pacientes portadores
de algumas doenças terminais. Ao mesmo tempo, é preocupante a crescente desproporção …

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 …

In contrast to the marked improvement in early results, the rate of long-term survival of solid-
organ allografts has improved only slowly over the last few years despite the introduction of …

Management of the potential organ donor in critical care units is the most immediate and
practical solution to the current crisis in organ donation. Brain death physiology significantly …

El trasplante de órganos es, en muchos casos, la única opción terapéutica para pacientes
con enfermedades terminales de diversos órganos esenciales, sin embargo, existe un …