Mitochondria of adult cardiomyocytes appear hypo‐dynamic, lacking interconnected
reticular networks and the continual fission and fusion observed in many other cell types …

Heart and lung procurements are multiphased processes often accompanied by an array of
complex logistics. Approaches to donor evaluation and management, organ procurement …

The proposed donor heart selection guidelines provide evidence-based and expert-
consensus recommendations for the selection of donor hearts following brain death. These …

Introduction Circulatory failure during brain death organ donor resuscitation is a problem
that compromises recovery of organs. Combined administration of steroid, thyroxine and …

Current guidelines recommend the administration of hormonal combination therapy
including immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids to donors with low left ventricular …

While a few publications specify the anesthetic implications of either brain or cardiac death,
they lack detail on how to provide anesthesia during organ donation surgery. We provide a …

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

Abstract On March 1, 2001, Mid-America Transplant, the organ procurement organization
(OPO) located in St Louis, Missouri, performed the first organ recovery of a brain-dead donor …

Objective To contribute to updating the recommendations for brain-dead potential organ
donor management. Method A group of 27 experts, including intensivists, transplant …

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 …