The ability to replace organs and tissues on demand could save or improve millions of lives
each year globally and create public health benefits on par with curing cancer. Unmet needs …

The main factor limiting organ donation is the availability of suitable donors and organs.
Currently, most transplants follow multiple organ retrieval from heartbeating brain-dead …

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 …

The use of donation after circulatory death (DCD) has increased significantly during the past
decade. However, warm ischemia results in a greater risk for transplantation. Indeed …

Purpose The shortage of organs for transplantation is an important medical and societal
problem because transplantation is often the best therapeutic option for end-stage organ …

Dysfunction of the pulmonary allograft with impaired oxygenation and radiographic opacities
consistent with pulmonary edema occurs in up to 50% of lung transplant (LTx) recipients. 1 …

Combining simultaneously lung and liver procurement in controlled donation after
circulatory death (cDCD) using normothermic abdominal perfusion (NRP) for abdominal …

Background The shortage of lung donors for transplantation is the main limitation among
patients awaiting this type of surgery. We previously demonstrated that an intensive lung …

Objectives: To describe the current state of the art regarding management of the critically ill
trauma patient with an emphasis on initial management in the ICU. Data Sources and Study …

Background Some patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) progress
to death by neurological criteria (DNC). We hypothesized that initial brain imaging …