Chapter 1
Introduction
Dimitri Novitzky and David K.C. Cooper
Chapter 2
Historical Aspects of the Diagnosis of Death
Félix Bacigalupo and Daniela Huerta Fernández
Chapter 3
The Determination of Brain Death
Curtis M. Keller, Boris Chulpayev, and Michael Hoffmann
Chapter 4
Legal Aspects of Declaration of Brain Death and Organ Donation
Ricky T. Munoz and Mark D. Fox
Chapter 5
Ethical Aspects of Declaration of Brain Death and Organ Donation
Mark D. Fox and Ricky T. Munoz
Chapter 6
Pathophysiology of Brain Death in Small Animal Models
Bernhard Floerchinger, Nicholas L. Tilney, and Stefan G. Tullius
Chapter 7
Pathophysiology of Brain Death and Effects of Hormonal Therapy in Large Animal Models
Dimitri Novitzky, Winston N. Wicomb, and David K.C. Cooper Chapter 8
The Efficacy of Thyroid Hormone Therapy in Brain-Dead Heart Donors: A Review of Thyroid Function in Health and Disease
Lawrence E. Shapiro and Tatiana Baron
Chapter 9
The Inflammatory Response to Brain Death
Anne Barklin, Christine Lodberg Hvas, and Else Toennesen
Chapter 10
The Influence of Brain Death and Intensive Care Management on Donor Organs: Assessment of Inflammatory Markers
Wayel Jassem and Susan V. Fuggle
Chapter 11
Brain-Death-Induced Inflammation: Possible Role of the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway
Simone Hoeger and Benito A. YardChapter 12
Innate Immunity and Injury During Brain Death: Opportunities for Intervention
Marc A. Seelen, Henri G.D. Leuvenink, and Rutger J. Ploeg
Chapter 13 Selection of the Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donor
Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Keri E. Lunsford, Paul C. Kuo
Chapter 14
Infectious Disease Aspects of the Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donor
Nicole M. Theodoropoulos and Michael G. Ison
Chapter 15
Malignancy in the Brain-Dead Organ Donor
Michael A. Nalesnik, Ron Shapiro, and Michael G. Ison
Chapter 16
Early Clinical Experience of Hormonal Therapy in the Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donor
Dimitri Novitzky, Burcin Ekser, and David K.C. Cooper
Chapter 17
Assessment, Monitoring, and Management of the Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donor
Demetrios Demetriades and Lydia Lam
Chapter 18
Assessment, Monitoring and Management of Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donors in Europe
Gabriel J. Echeverri and Bruno G. Gridelli
Chapter 19
Current Management of Brain Dead Donors in Australia
Peter S. Macdonald, Anders Aneman, Deepak Bhonagiri, Daryl Jones, Gerry O'Callaghan, Helen Opdam, William Silvester, and Geoffrey J. Dobb (on behalf of the Australian Deceased Donor Management Research Group[1])
Chapter 20
Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor-Perspectives of the Transplant Coordinator
Nicole T. Farina and David K.C. Cooper
Chapter 21
Surgical Aspects of Thoracic and Abdominal Organ Procurement from Brain-Dead Donors
Michael J. Anstadt, Paul C. Kuo, and Kadiyala V. RavindraChapter 22
Impact of Brain Death on Storage of the Heart
Winston N. Wicomb and David K.C. Cooper
Chapter 23
Impact of Brain Death on Abdominal Organs and Allograft Preservation Strategies
Coney Bae, Anthony Watkins, Scot D. Henry, and James V. Guarrera
Chapter 24
Functional Repair of Brain Death-Induced Injury
Henri G.D. Leuvenink, Marc A.J. Seelen, and Rutger J. Ploeg
Chapter 25
Functional Repair of Brain-Death-Injured Donor Lungs
Jonathan C. Yeung, Marcelo Cypel, and Shaf Keshavjee
Chapter 26
Thyroid Hormone Therapy to the Recipient of a Heart from a Brain-Dead Donor
Dimitri Novitzky and David K.C. Cooper
Chapter 27
Current and Potential Future Trends in the Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor
Octavio E. Pajaro
