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The Clinical Corner

Clinical practice in organ donation, reviewed and compared across the world.

The clinical hub of the WOD Collaborative. Donor management, DCD/DBD, NRP, ex-vivo perfusion, observation periods — AI-curated, reviewed, and compared across systems. Open and contributor-driven.

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Clinical practice areas reviewed and compared across systems. Articles, dashboards, and plain-language summaries are in development.

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Subject · donor management

Donor management

ICU protocols for potential deceased donors — hemodynamic targets, hormonal resuscitation, lung-protective ventilation — compared across systems.

In development
Subject · procurement

Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP)

Abdominal and thoracoabdominal NRP in controlled DCD — protocols, ethics, and post-transplant outcomes across the systems that use it.

In development
Subject · preservation

Ex-vivo perfusion

Machine perfusion of kidneys, livers, hearts, and lungs — device generations, clinical evidence, and where each technology sits in current practice.

In development
Subject · DCD methodology

Observation periods

Five-minute, two-minute, and twenty-minute no-touch intervals — the autoresuscitation evidence, the regulatory pushback in 2025, and the country protocols.

In development
Subject · outcomes

Post-transplant outcomes

Graft and patient survival by organ, pathway (DCD vs DBD), and perfusion strategy — with the worldwide registry data and the published trials.

In development
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