BACKGROUND Organ shortage is an ongoing problem in the United States. Most donor
organs are procured following brain death and a significant portion of brain-dead donors …

The Sleeping Giant Awakens—Liver Transplantation in China - Fung - 2010 - American Journal
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Background The shortage of organs is a limitation for transplantation, making the care of
potential organ donors an important issue. The present systematic review and meta-analysis …

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 …

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

Background. In a recent single-center study, donor use of catecholamines was identified to
reduce kidney allograft rejection. This study investigates the effects of donor employment of …

The number of patients waiting for organ transplantation and the number of donor organs
available have progressively diverged. Several different efforts are currently being …

Successful organ transplantation offers patients with end stage organ failure the chance of a
normal life. The recognition of brain death allowed the use of beating heart donors and this …

Background The ascertainment of brain death (the irreversible, total loss of brain function)
gives the physician the opportunity to limit or stop further treatment. Alternatively, if the brain …

Dear Editors, We read with interest the letter “Liver transplantation with geriatric liver
allografts: the current situation in Eurotransplant” by De Boer et al.[1] as it analyzes important …