Donation after circulatory death (DCD) describes the retrieval of organs for the purposes of
transplantation that follows death confirmed using circulatory criteria. The persisting shortfall …

Purpose The shortage of organs for transplantation is an important medical and societal
problem because transplantation is often the best therapeutic option for end-stage organ …

The aim of the present study was to describe the current situation of donation after
circulatory death (DCD) in the Council of Europe, through a dedicated survey. Of 27 …

Nearly 3000 heart transplants are performed annually in the United States, yet several
hundred listed patients and several thousand unlisted patients die each year because of …

Background The minimum duration of pulselessness required before organ donation after
circulatory determination of death has not been well studied. Methods We conducted a …

Objective: Death statutes permit physicians to declare death on the basis of irreversible
cessation of circulatory–respiratory or brain functions. The growing practice of organ …

The procedure combining medical assistance in dying (MAiD) with donations after
circulatory determination of death (DCDD) is known as organ donation after euthanasia …

There is growing medical consensus in a unifying concept of human death. All human death
involves the irreversible loss of the capacity for consciousness, combined with the …

Donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) is an accepted practice in the
United States, but heart procurement under these circumstances has been debated …

Objective: There is a lack of consensus on how long circulation must cease for death to be
determined after cardiac arrest. The lack of scientific evidence concerning autoresuscitation …