Who Can Be a Donor?

1. Patient must have suffered a non-survivable neurological injury.

2. Must be on mechanical ventilation to maintain the viability of the organs for transplantation. They must be oxygenated until the last moment to minimize the warm ischemic time.

3. Must be declared brain dead or meet criteria for DCD (Donation after Circulatory Death) donation.

 

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