Changing Brain Death Donation Dynamics in Spain: A National Overview of Neurocritical Care and Organ Donation Trends
Highlights
- Declining brain death donation (DBD) in Spain contrasts with a robust rise in controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) from 2015 to 2024.
- Uncontrolled donation after circulatory death (uDCD) has markedly declined, making cDCD the predominant DCD form (98.3% in 2024).
- Neurocritical care interventions such as mechanical thrombectomy and decompressive craniectomy increased, potentially influencing donation potential and pathways.
- DBD donors remain more efficient in organ recovery and transplantation yield compared to Maastricht category III cDCD donors.
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