Worldwide 715 482 patients have received a lifesaving organ transplant since 1988. During
this time, there have been advances in donor management and in the perioperative care of …

Background Currently, there is no consensus on which treatments should be a part of
standard deceased-donor management to improve graft quality and transplantation …

Solid organ transplantation has become a mainstay in the contemporary management of
end-stage organ failures fueled by advances in immunosuppression, intensive care and …

OBJECTIVES This chapter will: 1. Provide an overview of deceased kidney donation and
discuss donor medical suitability. 2. Describe the physiologic sequelae of brain death, the …

When the diagnosis of brain death (BD) has been established, the treatment should be
reoriented and focused on the support, the protection, and the functional improvement of the …

Los programas de donación y trasplante abren un camino hacia la curación y el manejo de
patologías antes consideradas sin posibilidad de tratamiento. Pero la constante escasez de …