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 …

Some patients who have been diagnosed as “dead by neurologic criteria” continue to exhibit
certain brain functions, most commonly, neuroendocrine functions. In this chapter, we review …

Some patients who have been diagnosed as “dead by neurologic criteria” continue to exhibit
certain brain functions, most commonly, neuroendocrine functions. This preservation of …

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 …

El trasplante de órganos es, en muchos casos, la única opción terapéutica para pacientes
con enfermedades terminales de diversos órganos esenciales, sin embargo, existe un …

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 …

Background A substantial degree of variability in practices exists amongst donor hospitals
regarding the donor detection, determination of brain death, application of donor …

Brain death is known to be associated with physiologic derangements but their incidence is
poorly described. Knowledge of the changes that occur during brain death is important for …

Background. Hormonal replacement therapy is administered to many brain-dead organ
donors to improve hemodynamic stability. Previous clinical studies present conflicting results …

Purpose We sought to build prediction models for organ transplantation and recipient
survival using both biomarkers and clinical information. Materials and methods We …