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 …

Background Driven by disease trends, such as obesity and metabolic syndrome, that are
increasingly prevalent in the general population, we aimed to evaluate the comorbidities …

Background As the need for transplantable organs increases, waiting lists of patients
become longer. We studied the size and composition of the national pool of brain-dead …

Brain death commonly occurs after a devastating central nervous system (CNS) injury from
head trauma or stroke. Severe brain injury and brain death create a variety of extra-cerebral …

Abstract On March 1, 2001, Mid-America Transplant, the organ procurement organization
(OPO) located in St Louis, Missouri, performed the first organ recovery of a brain-dead donor …

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 …

The brain dead patient is the ideal multiorgan donor. Conversely, brain death (BD) is an
undesirable outcome of critical care medicine. Conditions that can lead to the state of BD are …

Background: The cause of brain injury may influence the number of organs that can be
procured and transplanted with donation following neurologic determination of death. We …

Background: Shortfalls in deceased organ donation lead to shortages of solid organs
available for transplantation. We assessed rates of deceased organ donation and compared …

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