Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Organ procurement

  1. Ethical tensions surround CPR in brain-dead pediatric organ donors
    Ethics analysis of organ-preserving CPR in pediatric brain-dead patients, examining tensions between organ viability, bodily dignity, and institutional coordination.
  2. Standardizing donation after circulatory death organ recovery
    Viewpoint on standardizing organ procurement practices, particularly normothermic regional perfusion, for donation after circulatory death transplantation.
  3. Donor acceptance patterns in pancreas transplant changed over time
    Population cohort study reveals declining DCD pancreas utilization despite good outcomes, while Hepatitis C and IVDU donors gain acceptance in transplantation practice.
  4. Brain Death and Organ Donation in Romania: A Nationwide Survey of Intensivists’ Perceptions and Clinical Practices
    Romanian intensivists' survey reveals barriers to organ donation including communication gaps, insufficient training, and low institutional prioritization of procurement processes.