Medical management to optimize donor organ potential

Reports 

PDF copies of the following reports are available by request. Submit a request by sending an email to OTDT@blood.ca, please include the title and use the subject line: PDF Document Request.

• Management of the neurologically deceased organ donor: A Canadian clinical practice guideline - Full meeting report and recommendations (May 2018) 
• Medical management to optimize donor organ potential: A Canadian forum (October 2004) 

Journal Publications 

• Management of the neurologically deceased organ donor: A Canadian clinical practice guideline (2020)
  Ian M. Ball, Laura Hornby, Bram Rochwerg, Matthew J. Weiss, Clay Gillrie, Michaël Chassé, Frederick D’Aragon, Maureen O. Meade, Karim Soliman, Aadil Ali, Samantha Arora, John Basmaji, J. Gordon Boyd, Bernard Cantin, Prosanto Chaudhury, Marcelo Cypel, Darren Freed, Anne Julie Frenette, Pam Hruska, Constantine J. Karvellas, Sean Keenan, Andreas Kramer, Demetrios James Kutsogiannis, Dale Lien, Patrick Luke, Meagan Mahoney, Jeffrey M. Singh, Lindsay C. Wilson, Alissa Wright, Jeffrey Zaltzman and Sam D. Shemie, CMAJ April 06, 2020 192 (14) E361-E369
• Organ donor management in Canada: recommendations of the forum on Medical Management to Optimize Donor Organ Potential (2006)
  Sam D. Shemie, Heather Ross, Joe Pagliarello, Andrew J. Baker, Paul D. Greig, Tracy Brand, Sandra Cockfield, Shaf Keshavjee, Peter Nickerson, Vivek Rao, Cameron Guest, Kimberly Young, Christopher Doig and ; on behalf of the Pediatric Recommendations Group CMAJ March 14, 2006 174 (6) S13-S30

Additional Resources

Evidence Bulletins
Order Sets
Brochure for Families/Substitute Decision Makers