[APACHE II and SAPS II as predictors of brain death development in neurocritical care patients].

Aim: To assess the prognostic value of APACHE II and SAPS II scales to predict brain death evolution of neurocritical care patients.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective observational study performed in a tertiary hospital. Include 508 patients over 16 years old, hospitalized in ICU for at least 24 hours.

Short-term Results From a Training Program to Improve Organ Donation in Uncontrolled Donation After Circulatory Death.

Background: In all organ transplantation programs, election of the proper protocol relies primarily on the professionals involved in the detection of potential donors. The objective of our study was to assess the impact of a series of prehospital training sessions, as well as to develop several positive feedback strategies within the uncontrolled organ donation after circulatory death (uDCD) program in our city.

Methods: A before-after intervention study was carried out in 3 steps.

Donation in Private Clinics as an Alternate Strategy to Increase the Pool of Donors.

In recent years, the donation process is being characterized by a decreased number of brain deaths and a logistical shift toward cardiac-death donation, both controlled and uncontrolled, in Spain. As we know, cardiac-death donors produce fewer usable organs than brain-death donors. Therefore, many of the Spanish transplant coordinators are working to find new strategies that bring efficiency to donor detection.

Non-Heart-Beating Donor Program: Results After 3 Years of Experience.

Background: Non-heart-beating donation (NHBD) is a useful way to obtain organs and tissues. Therefore, since 2012 we have had an NHBD protocol in the metropolitan area of Seville. The aim of this work was to present the results obtained after 3 years of program.