TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Organ Donation A1 - Plotkin, Jeffrey A2 - Freeman, Brian S. A2 - Berger, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam AB - The major obstacle to saving more lives through transplantation is the limited supply of donor organs available. Organ donation occurs via three main avenues: cadaveric donation, non-heart-beating donors and live donor donation. In 2014, there were 123,934 patients waiting on all organ lists combined, while only 19,426 patients were transplanted from 9512 donors. Further, only 5658 donors were deceased, while the remaining 3854 were live donors. To make matters worse, there are at least twice as many potential brain-dead organ donors every year in the United States that for multiple reasons do not make it to actual donation. It is therefore imperative that physicians learn how to both recognize and effectively manage the brain-dead organ donor to maximize the number of organs available for transplantation, and thus the number of lives saved. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135743899 ER -