With improving healthcare services, the demand for organ transplants has been increasing
daily worldwide. Deceased organ donors serve as a good alternative option to meet 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 …

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 …

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this review was to depict the physiological and clinical
rationale for the use of vasopressin in hemodynamic support of organ donors. After …

Background. At present, organ transplantation is the most efficient treatment of end-stage
failure of various organs, including the heart, lungs, pancreas, intestines, kidney, and liver …

Purpose This article reviews organ donor pathophysiology as it relates to medication use
with the goal of maximizing the successful procurement and transplantation of donor organs …

Background Refinements in donor management have resulted in increased numbers and
quality of grafts after neurologic death. We hypothesize that the increased use of hormone …

Treating the donor : Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation Treating the donor : Current
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Introduction During brain death, several events occur, including hormonal. metabolic and
systemic changes. This systematic review aims to find the role of hormone therapy in …

Worldwide, lung transplantation has been a therapeutic option for select end-stage lung
disease patients who are on optimized medical regimens, but the underlying clinical …