title: Guidelines for the assessment and acceptance of potential brain-dead organ donors.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Glauco Adrieno
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Westphal
authors.forename: Valter Duro
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Rafael Lisboa de
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Cristiano Augusto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Franke
authors.forename: Kalinca Daberkow
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Viviane Renata Zaclikevis
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Birckholz
authors.forename: Miriam Cristine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Eliana Régia Barbosa de
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Fernando Osni
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Luiz Antônio da Costa
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sardinha
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wanzuita
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo Soares
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Silvado
authors.forename: Gerson
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Braatz
authors.forename: Milton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caldeira Filho
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Luana Alves
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Tannous
authors.forename: André Gustavo Neves de
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Edson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abdala
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*