ArticleTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2023
How Large is the Potential of Brain Dead Donors and what Prevents Utilization? A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis at Seven University Hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Article in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- From Determination of Death by Neurological Criteria to Early Graft Function: A 7-Year Single-Center Retrospective Study of 155 Consecutive Cases.Clinical transplantation · 2026Observational
- Organ donation and brain preservation after assisted dying: case report and considerations for a potential pathway.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Determination of brain death in potential donors on ECMO support : A retrospective analysis highlights the need for evidence-based recommendations.Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026Article
- Potential for donation after circulatory death in Germany: a multicenter retrospective study at seven university hospitals.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026Article
- Family refusal rates for organ donation after brain death and after circulatory death: a single-center 6-year experience.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2025Article
- Organ Donation Decisions: When Deviating from the Status Quo Heightens Perceived Vulnerability.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2025Article
- Organ donation in Germany: opt-in vs. opt-out-opinions and voting patterns in the 19th German Bundestag.Frontiers in transplantation · 2025Article
- A ten-year retrospective analysis of decompressive craniectomy or craniotomy after severe brain injury and its implications for donation after brain death.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Post-COVID-19 pandemic organ donation activities in Germany: a multicenter retrospective analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Understanding the dynamics of deceased organ donation and utilization in Colombia.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Organ donation after brain death is constantly lower in Germany compared to other countries. Instead, representative surveys show a positive attitude towards donation. Why this does not translate into more donations remains questionable. We retrospectively analyzed all potential brain dead donors treated in the university hospitals of Aachen, Bielefeld, Bonn, Essen, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Münster between June 2020 and July 2021. 300 potential brain dead donors were identified. Donation was utilized in 69 cases (23%). Refused consent (
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