Organ donation and transplantation remain the best and most cost-effective clinical solution
for end-stage organ failure. Several agencies across the US and Europe provide legislative …

Background. During the 1950s, advances in critical care, and organ transplantation altered
the relationship between organ failure and death. There has since been a shift away from …

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

Objectives: Create trustworthy, rigorous, national clinical practice guidelines for the practice
of pediatric donation after circulatory determination of death in Canada. Methods: We …

Benson Hsu, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM, a Alexander Bondoc, MD, FAAP, b Alex G. Cuenca,
MD, PhD, c Kristin Hittle Gigli, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, d Naomi Laventhal, MD, MA, HEC-C …

Purpose Current practice in organ donation after death determination by circulatory criteria
(DCD) advises a five-minute observation period following circulatory arrest, monitoring for …

Objectives: Accurate prediction of time to death after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies
may improve counseling for families and help identify candidates for organ donation after …

Abstract Aim Pre-mortem interventions (PMIs) are performed on patients before the
determination of death in order to preserve or enhance the possibility of organ donation …

El presente documento es fruto del trabajo previo realizado por diferentes grupos de
expertos y presentado a debate multidisciplinar en unas jornadas sobre aspectos …

Organ transplantation is limited by access to suitable organs. Infant recipient waitlist
mortality is increased due to the scarcity of size‐matched organs. Neonatal organ donors …