Factors that affect consent rate for organ donation after brain death: A 12-year registry.

Objective: To account for factors affecting family approach and consent for organ donation after brain death (BD).

Material And Methods: A prospective cohort study in a large, tertiary, urban hospital, where we reviewed the database of all brain-dead patients between January 2006 and December 2017 cross-matched with local organ procurement organization (OPO) records.

Results: Two-hundred sixty-six brain-dead patients were included (55% African Americans (AAs)).