[HTML][HTML] Wait, treat and see: echocardiographic monitoring of brain-dead potential donors with stunned heart

M Casartelli, T Bombardini, D Simion… - Cardiovascular …, 2012 - Springer
Background Heart transplantation is limited by a severe donor organ shortage. Potential
donors with brain death (BD) and left ventricular dysfunction due to neurogenic stunning are …

Cardiac organ donor management

S Ullah, L Zabala, B Watkins, ML Schmitz - Perfusion, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a critical shortage of donor organs. According to the United Network for Organ
Sharing (UNOS), 20% of organs are discarded after procurement. Many of these may be …

The effect of arginine vasopressin on organ donor procurement and lung function

DS Callahan, A Neville, S Bricker, D Kim… - Journal of Surgical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is becoming more common when
managing brain-dead donors. Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is associated with benefits but is …

Metabolic issues in liver transplantation

RE Shangraw - International Anesthesiology Clinics, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Patients who undergo orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), almost by definition, have end-
stage liver disease. One cannot examine the metabolic changes observed during OLT …

Pharmacists' guide to the management of organ donors after brain death

C Korte, JL Garber, JL Descourouez… - American Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Morte encefálica, cuidados ao doador de órgãos e transplante de pulmão

F D'Império - Revista brasileira de terapia intensiva, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: O transplante de órgãos é aceito como uma opção para
doença orgânica terminal, em pacientes bem selecionados. Este é o resultado de grandes …

Marginal lung donors: a diminishing margin of safety?

P Botha, AJ Fisher, JH Dark - Transplantation, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Lung donor shortages have resulted in the critical appraisal of cadaveric donor acceptability
criteria and the gradual relaxation of once strict guidelines. Many centers have reported their …

Vasopressor selection during critical care management of brain dead organ donors and the effects on kidney graft function

EA Swanson, MS Patel, T Groat… - Journal of Trauma …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Delayed graft function (DGF), the need for dialysis in the first week following
kidney transplant, affects approximately one quarter of deceased-donor kidney transplant …

A review of thyroid hormone administration during adult donor care

DJ Powner, M Hernandez - Progress in transplantation, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Serum concentrations of thyroid hormones tetraiodothyronine and triiodothyronine
commonly are low after head injury and brain death. Thyroid hormone replacement therapy …

Care of the brain-dead organ donor

K Linos, J Fraser, WD Freeman, C Foot - Current Anaesthesia & Critical …, 2007 - Elsevier
Brain death commonly occurs after a devastating central nervous system (CNS) injury from
head trauma or stroke. Severe brain injury and brain death create a variety of extra-cerebral …