TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Care of the Multiorgan Donor A1 - Anraku, Masaki A1 - Keshavjee, Shaf A2 - Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 - Kress, John P. A2 - Douglas, Ivor S. PY - 2023 T2 - Hall, Schmidt and Wood’s Principles of Critical Care, 5th Edition AB - KEY POINTSIncreasingly successful solid organ transplantation has increased the need for organ donors.Maximizing organ procurement and expanding donor acceptance criteria should decrease the organ shortage.Aggressive critical care of the multiorgan donor is essential to improve organ retrieval and posttransplant graft performance.Understanding the process of brain death is essential for directing donor treatment strategies to ensure preservation and function of donor organs.The goals of management of the multiorgan donor are to maximize organ function by maintaining organ perfusion and oxygenation, and to recognize and treat potential complications such as hypotension, dysrhythmia, pulmonary edema, massive diuresis, coagulopathy, hypothermia, and sepsis.Organs from carefully selected donors with a history of viral infection appear to be an important source to meet the increasing demands of organ transplantation.Adoption of new technology such as ex vivo organ perfusion techniques and clinical innovation to assess organs and improve their quality is key to better posttransplantation outcome. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/15 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1201810803 ER -