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In 1981 the United States Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) expanded the legally recognized forms of death to either (1) the irreversible cessation of circulatory [...]

Every day there are families who face the task of deciding the fate of loved ones involved in catastrophic events which have rendered them brain dead. Each year, of the 2 [...]

Current risk-adjusted models used to predict donor heart utilization and cardiac graft survival from organ donors after brain death (DBDs) do not include donor critical c [...]

Cerebral vascular disease ranks 3rd as a leading cause of death in the United States today, being surpassed by heart disease and cancer. Many of these individuals sustain [...]