Lung Focused Resuscitation at a Specialized Donor Care Facility Improves Lung Procurement Rates

BackgroundLung procurement for transplantation occurs in approximately 20% of brain dead donors and is a major impediment to wider application of lung transplantation. We investigated the effect of lung protective management at a specialized donor care facility on lung procurement rates from brain dead donors.MethodsOur local organ procurement organization instituted a protocol of lung protective management at a freestanding specialized donor...