Guidelines for the assessment and acceptance of potential brain-dead organ donors

Organ transplantation is the only alternative for many patients with terminal diseases. The increasing disproportion between the high demand for organ transplants and the low rate of transplants actually performed is worrisome. Some of the causes of this disproportion are errors in the identificatio...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva 2016-01, Vol.28 (3), p.220-255
Main Authors: Westphal, Glauco Adrieno, Garcia, Valter Duro, Souza, Rafael Lisboa de, Franke, Cristiano Augusto, Vieira, Kalinca Daberkow, Birckholz, Viviane Renata Zaclikevis, Machado, Miriam Cristine, Almeida, Eliana Régia Barbosa de, Machado, Fernando Osni, Sardinha, Luiz Antônio da Costa, Wanzuita, Raquel, Silvado, Carlos Eduardo Soares, Costa, Gerson, Braatz, Vera, Caldeira Filho, Milton, Furtado, Rodrigo, Tannous, Luana Alves, Albuquerque, André Gustavo Neves de, Abdala, Edson, Gonçalves, Anderson Ricardo Roman, Pacheco-Moreira, Lúcio Filgueiras, Dias, Fernando Suparregui, Fernandes, Rogério, Giovanni, Frederico Di, Carvalho, Frederico Bruzzi de, Fiorelli, Alfredo, Teixeira, Cassiano, Feijó, Cristiano, Camargo, Spencer Marcantonio, Oliveira, Neymar Elias de, David, André Ibrahim, Prinz, Rafael Augusto Dantas, Herranz, Laura Brasil, Andrade, Joel de
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Summary:Organ transplantation is the only alternative for many patients with terminal diseases. The increasing disproportion between the high demand for organ transplants and the low rate of transplants actually performed is worrisome. Some of the causes of this disproportion are errors in the identification of potential organ donors and in the determination of contraindications by the attending staff. Therefore, the aim of the present document is to provide guidelines for intensive care multi-professional staffs for the recognition, assessment and acceptance of potential organ donors.
ISSN:0103-507X
1982-4335