A helpful approach to organ donation: From end‐of‐life care to effective organ transplantation

We read with interest the report by Witjes et al regarding the influence of end-of-life care on organ donor potential (1). The report promotes innovation in management of potential organ donors outside the ICU, particularly in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with acute devastating brain injury (DBI) and imminent brain death. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

[1]  W. F. Abdo,et al.  The Influence of End‐of‐Life Care on Organ Donor Potential , 2017, American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

[2]  R. Matesanz,et al.  How Spain Reached 40 Deceased Organ Donors per Million Population , 2017, American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

[3]  J. Jesus,et al.  Organ donation and the emergency department: ethically appropriate and legally supported. , 2014, The Journal of emergency medicine.

[4]  K. Gubler,et al.  Emergency department referral for organ donation: more organ donors and more organs per donor. , 2014, American journal of surgery.

[5]  R. O’Connor,et al.  The importance of emergency medicine in organ donation: successful donation is more likely when potential donors are referred from the emergency department. , 2009, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.