Ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI) is a complex pathophysiological phenomenon,
inevitable in kidney transplantation and one of the most important mechanisms for non-or …

Organ shortage is the greatest challenge facing the field of organ transplantation today. A
variety of approaches have been implemented to expand the organ donor pool including …

This document was developed through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Critical Care
Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Association of Organ …

Background A third of all kidneys from deceased donors in the UK are donated after cardiac
death, but concerns have been raised about the long-term outcome of such transplants. We …

Objective: To determine whether the outcomes of liver transplantation (LTx) from donation
after cardiac death (DCD) donors are equivalent to those from donation after brain death …

These recommendations are the result of a national, multidisciplinary, year-long process to
discuss whether and how to proceed with organ donation after cardiocirculatory death …

Background: We sought to evaluate the effect on short-term outcomes of normothermic,
extracorporeal perfusion (ECMO) for donation of abdominal organs for transplantation after …

OBJECTIVE: To report the long-term outcomes of 1218 organs transplanted from donation
after cardiac death (DCD) donors from January 1980 through December 2008. METHODS …

Although donation after cardiac death (DCD) kidneys have a high incidence of delayed graft
function (DGF) and have been considered marginal, no tool for stratifying risk of graft loss …

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is associated with a high risk of infection of the peritoneum,
subcutaneous tunnel and catheter exit site. Although quality standards demand an infection …