Critical care physicians are frequently called on to diagnose and manage brain death.
Although the medical and legal concepts of brain death are generally accepted, establishing …

Brain Death and Management of a Potential Organ Donor in the Intensive Care Unit - Critical
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Objectives: To describe unique features of neurocritical illness that are relevant to provision
of high-quality palliative care; to discuss key prognostic aids and their limitations for …

Background Organ donation is a life-saving process for patients suffering from an advanced
organ failure. A disparity between donated organs and required organs for transplantation is …

Despite major advances in our understanding of the physiopathology of brain death (BD),
there are important controversies as to which protocol is the most appropriate for organ …

Introduction Survival and recovery after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) varies
between hospitals, with better outcomes associated with high-volume and specialty care …

Introduction This study evaluates the implications of drug intoxication (DI) on donor
utilization and outcomes in liver transplantation (LT). Methods The UNOS STAR database …

Cardiac transplantation is the best treatment available for patients with end-stage
cardiomyopathy. Shortage of donor hearts is the main factor limiting the use of this treatment …

A desproporção entre a grande demanda por transplantes de órgãos e a baixa realização
de transplantes é um grave problema de saúde pública. O reconhecimento da morte …

Objectives: To systematically review the global published literature defining a potential
deceased organ donor and identifying clinical triggers for deceased organ donation …