title: Optimal management of the heart-lung donor.
abstract: Optimising the management of the heart-lung donor may increase the number of organs suitable for transplantation. This can be achieved by understanding the pathophysiology of brain death and implementing therapeutic measures to counteract the deleterious effect of brain death on end-organ function.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bonser
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia; D008168:Lung; D009926:Organ Preservation; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014022:Tissue Survival