Background The shortage of organs is a limitation for transplantation, making the care of
potential organ donors an important issue. The present systematic review and meta-analysis …

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 …

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 …

Caring for a brain dead potential organ donor requires a shift in critical care from the
extensive treatment of increased intracranial pressure towards strategies to maintain donor …

Background Liver transplantation using donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors is
associated with inferior outcomes compared to donation after brain death (DBD). Prolonged …

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: Exposure of donor liver grafts to prolonged periods of warm ischemia before
procurement causes injuries including intrahepatic cholangiopathy, which may lead to graft …

The disparity between the number of patients in need of organ transplantation and the
number of available organs is steadily rising. We hypothesized that intensivist‐led …

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate peak serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
and postoperative clinical outcomes after hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion …

The aggressive management of brain‐dead (cadaveric) organ donors has been shown to
increase organs available for transplantation. Some centers use hormone therapy with …