RT Book, Section A1 Cagliani, Joaquin A A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo SR Print(0) ID 1194179826 T1 Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) T2 Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260474275 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194179826 RD 2024/10/13 AB Interest in Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) was renewed in the early 1990s, as a means to partially overcome the shortage of Donation after Brain Death (DBD)DCD donors have a significant contribution to the potential donor pool1In Middle Eastern countries and in Asia, DCD has become an increasingly frequent procedure2In 1995, the first consensus was published in Maastricht classifying DCD into four categories (Table 33-1)3–5Uncontrolled DCD: Organs procured after an unexpected cardiopulmonary arrest.Variable period of ischemic damage due to cardiac standstill followed by cardiac resuscitationControlled DCD: Cardiocirculatory arrest is a consequence of a planned and timed withdrawal of ventilator and organ-perfusion support (minimal warm ischemia)