Transplantation offers patients with end-stage organ failure a cost-effective treatment that
can improve quality of life and increase life expectancy. Prior to the introduction of guidance
defining the concept of brain death in the 1970s, all organs donated for transplantation were
from donation after ci...
El diagnóstico y la certificación de muerte, históricamente se basó en la confirmación del cese irreversible de las funciones cardiorrespiratorias. La GuÃa de Práctica ClÃnica de diagnóstico de muerte encefálica y manejo del potencial donante de órganos forma parte del Catálogo Maestro de GuÃ...
Weiss, MJ;
Hornby, L;
Rochwerg, B;
van, Manen, M;
Dhanani, S;
Sivarajan, VB;
Appleby, A;
Bennett, M;
Buchman, D;
Farrell, C;
Goldberg, A;
Greenberg, R;
Singh, R;
Nakagawa, TA;
Witteman, W;
Barter, J;
Beck, A;
Coughlin, K;
Conradi, A;
Cupido, C;
Dawson, R;
Dipchand, A;
Freed, D;
Hornby, K;
Langlois, V;
Mack, C;
Mahoney, M;
Manhas, D;
Tomlinson, C;
Zavalkoff, S;
Shemie, SD.
OBJECTIVES: Create trustworthy, rigorous, national clinical practice guidelines for the practice of pediatric donation after circulatory determination of death in Canada. METHODS: We followed a process of clinical practice guideline development based on World Health Organization and Canadian Medical Asso...
Canada,
Death,
Informed Consent,
Terminal Care/methods,
Terminal Care/standards,
Tissue Donors,
Tissue and Organ Procurement,
Tissue and Organ Procurement/ethics,
Withholding Treatment/standards,
Tissue and Organ Procurement/methods,
Tissue and Organ Procurement/standards
This guideline covers identifying people who wish to donate their organs after their death. It offers advice on how to approach families and carers of people who are nearing the end of life and how to seek consent for organ donation. It aims to promote discussion of organ donation as part of end-of-life ...
