Improving the consent rate for solid organ donation from deceased donors is a key
component of strategies in the UK and other countries to increase the availability of organs …

CEContinuing Education for extrarenal organs (eg, hearts, lungs, livers) is limited by the one
leveling factor that will eventually end the waiting: death. In 2004, a total of 7151 patients …

This document was developed through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Critical Care
Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Association of Organ …

Rationale: Donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) has the potential to
increase the number of organs available for transplantation. Because consent and …

Background: The objective of this study is to examine the reasoning behind donation
decisions of donor-eligible patients' next-of-kin. Cases were identified through chart review …

Methods The AAST Critical Care Committee chose organ donation as a topic for review. A
working group was then created from the larger committee, which identified relevant …

Background: Severe head injury (SHI) is one of the most important health, social and
economic problems in industrialised countries. Unfortunately, none of the neuroprotection …

Objective: To determine the current standard ventilatory and cardiovascular management in
potential organ donors. Design: Prospective, multiple-center, observational survey. Setting …

There is a critical mismatch between available organs for transplant and acutely or critically
ill patients with end-stage organ disease. Patients who may benefit from organ …

Background: Brain death is a concept in which its criteria have been expressed as
documentations in Harvard Committee of Brain Death. The various perceptions of caregiver …