Implementation of a mobile team to provide normothermic regional perfusion in controlled donation after circulatory death: Pilot study and first results.

Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in controlled donation after circulatory death is becoming a popular method due to the favorable results of the grafts procured under this technique. This procedure requires experience, and, sometimes, the availability of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machines to implement NRP is limited to tertiary hospitals. In order to provide support with NRP in controlled donation after circulatory death across the different hospitals of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, a mobile NRP team was created.

Influence of specific thoracic donor therapy on kidney donation and long-term kidney graft survival.

Objective: To analyze the impact of a specific thoracic donor-treatment protocol (including restrictive fluid balance) on kidney donation and on kidney graft survival.

Methods: A cohort study. Lung Donors and kidney recipients from 2003 to 2008 were the pre-protocol cohort, and those from 2009 to 2013 were the protocol cohort.