Paweł Chudoba1, Wojciech Krajewski2, Joanna Wojciechowska3, Dorota Kamińska4. 1. Department of Vascular, General and Transplant Surgery, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland. 2. Department of Urology and Oncological Urology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland. 3. Department and Clinic of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Wrocław Medical University, Poland. 4. Department and Clinic of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: At present, organ transplantation is the most efficient treatment of end-stage failure of various organs, including the heart, lungs, pancreas, intestines, kidney, and liver. Despite the efforts to use organs from living donors or from donors after circulatory death, most of the organs are recovered from brain dead (BD) donors. METHODS: The Medline and Web of Science databases were searched without time limit on November 2015 using the terms "brain dead donor" and "deceased donor" in conjunction with "transplantation", "graft", "organ", "hemodynamic", "hormonal", or "management". The search was limited to the English, Polish and Spanish literature. Articles that did not address the topics were excluded and the full text of the remaining articles was reviewed. RESULTS: It is well established that brain death is associated with a cascade of hemodynamic, inflammatory, and immunologic events that affect the outcome of transplanted organs. Proper management of the potential organ donor may help increase the supply of organs for transplantation. However, because there is a lack of good quality evidence, it is difficult to establish specific BD donor management guidelines. CONCLUSION: In this paper we present a review of studies and literature concerning the detrimental impact of donor brain death on graft function. We present pathologic changes that take place after brain death, their influence on graft quality and therapeutic solutions to enhance transplanted organ function.
BACKGROUND: At present, organ transplantation is the most efficient treatment of end-stage failure of various organs, including the heart, lungs, pancreas, intestines, kidney, and liver. Despite the efforts to use organs from living donors or from donors after circulatory death, most of the organs are recovered from brain dead (BD) donors. METHODS: The Medline and Web of Science databases were searched without time limit on November 2015 using the terms "brain dead donor" and "deceased donor" in conjunction with "transplantation", "graft", "organ", "hemodynamic", "hormonal", or "management". The search was limited to the English, Polish and Spanish literature. Articles that did not address the topics were excluded and the full text of the remaining articles was reviewed. RESULTS: It is well established that brain death is associated with a cascade of hemodynamic, inflammatory, and immunologic events that affect the outcome of transplanted organs. Proper management of the potential organ donor may help increase the supply of organs for transplantation. However, because there is a lack of good quality evidence, it is difficult to establish specific BDdonor management guidelines. CONCLUSION: In this paper we present a review of studies and literature concerning the detrimental impact of donorbrain death on graft function. We present pathologic changes that take place after brain death, their influence on graft quality and therapeutic solutions to enhance transplanted organ function.
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Keywords:
brain dead donor; deceased donor; organ management; transplantation
Authors: Hong Pil Hwang; Jong Man Kim; Sung Shin; Hyung Joon Ahn; Sik Lee; Dong Jin Joo; Seung Yeup Han; Seok Jin Haam; Jeong Kye Hwang; Hee Chul Yu Journal: Korean J Transplant Date: 2020-09-30