I. PRE-PROCUREMENT PREPARATION (DCD CONTEXT) 1. Donor Selection and Planning •Confirm controlled DCD donor (Maastricht Category III). •Review: •Warm ischemic time (WIT) thresholds •Functional warm ischemia (fWIT) •Hemodynamics prior..
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Extracorporeal lung perfusion and donation (EVLPD) in donation after circulatory death (DCD) patients is a groundbreaking advancement in organ transplantation, and Professor Sam Zeraatiannejaddavani, a world-renowned surgeon, has been at..
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As the field of organ transplantation continues to evolve, the use of Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) donors has emerged as a critical method to expand the donor pool. However,..
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Abstract Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors has the potential to substantially increase overall heart transplant activity. The aim of this report is to review the first..
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Normothermic regional perfusion in DCD organ donors, a primer: first EuroELSO webinar on ECLS in donors undergoing determination of death according to circulatory criteria. Moderators: Marius Berman & Eduardo Miñambres..
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Abstract Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) after cardiac transplantation is a devastating complication with increasing frequency lately in the setting of donation after circulatory death (DCD). Severe PGD is commonly treated..
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Abstract Regional tissue oxygen saturation (rSO2) monitoring through near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been reported as a non-invasive strategy to estimate the adequacy of matching between oxygen delivery (DO2) and oxygen..
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Abstract Background Heart transplantation using donation after circulatory death (DCD) allografts is increasingly common, expanding the donor pool and reducing transplant wait times. However, data remain limited on clinical outcomes...
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Abstract Heart Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) has the potential to significantly increase the number of patients benefitting from . However, the expansion of DCD is currently limited by unanswered questions pertaining..
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Abstract Background Heart transplantation in donation after circulatory death (DCD) relies on warm perfusion using either in situ normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) or ex situ normothermic machine perfusion. In this..
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Abstract Background Donation after circulatory death (DCD) can increase the pool of available organs for transplantation. This pilot study evaluates the implementation of a controlled DCD (cDCD) protocol using normothermic..
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