242.3: Converting donation after circulatory death donors to brain dead donors.

Background: Efforts to increase the number of organs transplanted has been successful through donation after circulatory death (DCD). In 2018 in the United States, 27% of all deceased organ donors were DCD. This has increased from 10% ten years ago concerning some that it is reducing brain dead donation. While DCD transplants result in acceptable transplant outcomes, organs from brain dead donors have superior transplant results and are the...