Procedures of brain death diagnosis and organ explantation in a tertiary medical centre - a retrospective eight-year cohort study

CONCLUSIONS: Ancillary tests to confirm brain death are frequently performed, mainly in resuscitated patients. The delay to surgery for organ explantation after confirmed brain death was longer during day shifts, increased over time and was mainly determined by organ allocation procedures.PMID:36787468 | DOI:10.57187/smw.2023.40029

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - February 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pascale Grzonka Sira M Baumann Kai Tisljar Sabina Hunziker Stephan Marsch Raoul Sutter Source Type: research