title: [Cadaver organ donor in transplantology].
abstract: Main limit in transplantology currently represents the shortage of organs available to transplant both in the Czech Republic and worldwide. In the survey the Czech legal norms are described which physicians have to keep to estimate the brain death. Legal and medical contraindications to organ donation are also described and extended criteria to donors are mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny Praha, Transplantcentrum. evpo@ikem.cz
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pokorná
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis; D002102:Cadaver; D018153:Czech Republic; D006801:Humans; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement