Potential for organ donation after controlled circulatory death: a retrospective analysis.
Francisco Santos DiasDiana Martins FernandesAntónio Cardoso-FernandesAdriana SilvaCarla BasílioNuno GattaRoberto Roncon-AlbuquerqueJosé Artur Osório Carvalho PaivaPublished in: Porto biomedical journal (2024)
This study effectively highlights public health benefits of controlled circulatory arrest donation. Legislation allowing donation through this method represents a social gain and enables patients who will never meet brain death criteria to donate organs as part of the end-of-life process in intensive care medicine, within a framework of complete ethical alignment.