Purpose To provide a practical overview of the management of the potential organ donor in
the intensive care unit. Methods Seven areas of donor management were considered for this …

Heart and lung procurements are multiphased processes often accompanied by an array of
complex logistics. Approaches to donor evaluation and management, organ procurement …

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 proposed donor heart selection guidelines provide evidence-based and expert-
consensus recommendations for the selection of donor hearts following brain death. These …

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 …

The number of lung transplants in the United States grew by 250% over the past 20 years,
from 932 in 1996 to 2327 in 2016. 1 This dramatic increase, which was mirrored worldwide …

While a few publications specify the anesthetic implications of either brain or cardiac death,
they lack detail on how to provide anesthesia during organ donation surgery. We provide a …

Objective To contribute to updating the recommendations for brain-dead potential organ
donor management. Method A group of 27 experts, including intensivists, transplant …

There continues to be a limited number of current published reports pertaining to deceased
organ donor management, with many practices still based on consensus statements. Recent …