The Incidence of Brain-Dead Donors Based on Screening and Management Led by Intensivists

CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest a beneficial role of a dedicated intensivist, not only in improving actual organ donation and discovering PBD donors, but also in affecting the yield of the heart and lung transplantation in actual organ donation compared to donors without a dedicated intensivist.PMID:37128135 | PMC:PMC10163827 | DOI:10.12659/AOT.939521

Source: Annals of Transplantation - May 2, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Hyo Jin Lee Seung Bin Kim Hyun Woo Lee Jung-Kyu Lee Yong Won Seong Eun Young Heo Deog Kyeom Kim Tae Yun Park Source Type: research