ReviewAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2017
How Spain Reached 40 Deceased Organ Donors per Million Population.
Review in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Donor heart selection: Evidence-based guidelines for providers.The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2023Guideline
- Interventions aimed at healthcare professionals to increase the number of organ donors: a systematic review.Critical care (London, England) · 2019Pooled it
- What Determines Support for Donor Registration Systems? The Influence of Sociopolitical Viewpoint, Attitudes Toward Organ Donation, and Patients' Need.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- Evaluation of potential solid organ donors in São Paulo, Brazil: Reasons for non-donation and the impact of infectious causes.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Genetically engineered porcine liver: a new era in transplantation.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Scale of unmet solid organ transplantation need in India: a projection for organ transplant need by 2040.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2026Article
- Emotional landscape of organ donation: a qualitative study of families' experiences in Spain.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Midazolam prescription as a trigger for potential deceased donor identification outside the ICU: a prospective feasibility study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Current State of Live and Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in India: Challenges and Opportunities.Kidney360 · 2026Review
- Organ Donation and Transplantation Worldwide: The Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation 2024 Report.Transplantation · 2026Article
- Potential missed opportunities for organ donation: incidence and risk factors for non-referral among critically ill patients.Frontiers in transplantation · 2026Article
- Standardized evaluation protocols for deceased and living liver donors: a practical framework for emerging liver transplant programs.Frontiers in transplantation · 2026Review
- Quality indicators for deceased organ and tissue donation for transplantation: a scoping review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Performance indicators for organ donation and transplantation programmes in Europe: modified Delphi consensus study.The British journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Quality metrics in solid organ donation: A narrative review.World journal of transplantation · 2025Review
- Predictors of brain death and barriers to organ donation in north African intensive care units: a multicenter prospective study on severe coma patients.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2025Observational
- Availability of deceased uterus donor: Is it a real case scenario in Spain?Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Innovative strategies to increase cardiac donor availability.World journal of transplantation · 2025Review
- Impact of wellbeing and healthcare resources on deceased liver donation in Mexico.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hospital-Related Determinants of Refusal of Organ Donation in France: A Multilevel Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
With 40 donors and more than 100 transplant procedures per million population in 2015, Spain holds a privileged position worldwide in providing transplant services to its patient population. The Spanish success derives from a specific organizational approach to ensure the systematic identification of opportunities for organ donation and their transition to actual donation and to promote public support for the donation of organs after death. The Spanish results are to be highlighted in the context of the dramatic decline in the incidence of brain death and the changes in end-of-life care practices in the country since the beginning of the century. This prompted the system to conceive the 40 donors per million population plan, with three specific objectives: (i) promoting the identification and early referral of possible organ donors from outside of the intensive care unit to consider elective non-therapeutic intensive care and incorporate the option of organ donation into end-of-life care; (ii) facilitating the use of organs from expanded criteria and non-standard risk donors; and (iii) developing the framework for the practice of donation after circulatory death. This article describes the actions undertaken and their impact on donation and transplantation activities.
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