Medicina intensiva
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Multicenter Study
Brain death organ donation potential and life support therapy limitation in neurocritical patients.
To analyze the profile, incidence of life support therapy limitation (LSTL) and donation potential in neurocritical patients. ⋯ LSTL is a frequent practice in neurocritical patients. In almost one-half of the cases, LSTL consisted of avoiding admission to the ICU, and on several occasions the donation potential was not evaluated by the transplant coordinator.