Abstract:
Objective: To contribute to
updating the recommendations for
brain-dead potential organ donor
management.
Methods: A group of 27 experts,
including intensivists, transplant
coordinators, transplant surgeons,
and epidemiologists, answered
questions related to the following
topics were divided into mechanical
ventilation, hemodynamics,
endocrine-metabolic management,
infection, body temperature, blood
transfusion, and checklists use. The
outcomes considered were cardiac
arrests, number of organs removed
or transplanted as well as function
ABSTRACT / survival of transplanted organs.
The quality of evidence of the
recommendations was assessed using
the Grading of Recommendations
Assessment, Development, and
Evaluation system to classify the
recommendations.
Results: A total of 19 recommendations were drawn from the expert panel.
Of these, 7 were classified as strong, 11
as weak and 1 was considered a good
clinical practice.
Conclusion: Despite the
agreement among panel members on
most recommendations, the grade of
recommendation was mostly weak
