ReviewIntensive care medicine2019
Management of donation after brain death (DBD) in the ICU: the potential donor is identified, what's next?
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Outcomes of heart transplantation using ECMO-supported donation in brain dead donors.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- Management of adult organ donors after brain death in ICU: insights from an Italian survey.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2025Article
- Donation Physician Specialists and Missed Organ Donation Opportunities.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Nurse Specialist in the Organ and Tissue Donation Process with Coordination Role: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Management of Potential Organ Donor: Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine-Position Statement.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Characterizing proximity and transfers of deceased organ donors to donor care units in the United States.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2024Article
- Assessing Outcomes of Patients Subject to Intensive Care to Facilitate Organ Donation: A Spanish Multicenter Prospective Study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024Article
- Facilitators and barriers in the donor family interview process from the perspective of hospital staff: a cross-sectional study.Korean journal of transplantation · 2023Article
- Identification of patients at high risk for brain death using an automated digital screening tool: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study.Journal of neurology · 2023Article
- Histological, Laboratorial, and Clinical Benefits of an Optimized Maintenance Strategy of a Potential Organ Donor-A Rabbit Experimental Model.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Recommendations for Evaluation and Selection of Deceased Organ Donor: Position Statement of ISCCM.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
- Hemodynamic management in brain dead donors.World journal of transplantation · 2021Review
- Unexpected cardio-circulatory arrest during a brain-dead donor organ retrieval.Respirology case reports · 2021Article
- Defining Quality Criteria for Success in Organ Donation Programs: A Scoping Review.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2021Article
- Increase in Cadaver Organ Donation Rate at a Tertiary Care Hospital: 23 Years of Experience.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2020Article
- Variability in deceased donor care in Canada: a report of the Canada-DONATE cohort study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2020Article
- Brain Death and Management of Potential Organ Donor: An Indian Perspective.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2019Review
- Early identification and referral of organ donors in five private hospitals: A survey to determine the knowledge and views of critical care professional nurses pre and post a PowerPoint training intervention.The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society · 2019Article
- New procedures for the confirmation of brain death in Brazil: results from the Central Estadual de Transplantes de Santa Catarina.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaObservational
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Abstract
The success of any donation process requires that potential brain-dead donors (PBDD) are detected and referred early to professionals responsible for their evaluation and conversion to actual donors. The intensivist plays a crucial role in organ donation. However, identification and referral of PBDDs may be suboptimal in the critical care environment. Factors influencing lower rates of detection and referral include the lack of specific training and the need to provide concomitant urgent care to other critically ill patients. Excellent communication between the ICU staff and the procurement organization is necessary to ensure the optimization of both the number and quality of organs transplanted. The organ donation process has been improved over the last two decades with the involvement and commitment of many healthcare professionals. Clinical protocols have been developed and implemented to better organize the multidisciplinary approach to organ donation. In this manuscript, we aim to highlight the main steps of organ donation, taking into account the following: early identification and evaluation of the PBDD with the use of checklists; donor management, including clinical maintenance of the PBDD with high-quality intensive care to prevent graft failure in recipients and strategies for optimizing donated organs by simplified care standards, clinical guidelines and alert tools; the key role of the intensivist in the donation process with the interaction between ICU professionals and transplant coordinators, nurse protocol managers, and communication skills training; and a final remark on the importance of the development of research with further insight into brain death pathophysiology and reversible organ damage.
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