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 …

The systemic physiologic changes that occur during and after brain death affect all organs
suitable for transplantation. Major changes occur in the cardiovascular, pulmonary …

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 …

As of August 2007, 96 900 people are awaiting organ transplantation in the United States,
while only 28 930 transplants were performed in 2006. With such a large gap between …

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 …

Brain death has specific implications for organ donation with the potential for saving several
lives. Awareness on maintenance of the brain dead has increased over the last decade with …

This guidance offers consensus opinion on the optimum management of non-heart-beating
organ donation in adult critical care units. The guidance is not meant to dictate practice but …

Brain death is associated with complex hemodynamic, endocrine, and metabolic dysfunction
that can lead to major complications with the potential donor. Untreated, this can progress to …

In recent years, transplantation has assumed an important role in the treatment of patients
with end-stage diseases of most major organ systems. However, the greatest limitation in …

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 …