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Brain death declarations are often missed in Italy, impacting organ donation rates. Improving intensive care for acute cerebral lesions could significantly increase the number of potential organ donors.

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Area of Science:

Intensive Care Medicine
Neurology
Transplantation Science

Background:

Brain death (BD) diagnosis is influenced by treatment intensity, diagnostic testing, and physician attitudes.
Undiagnosed "silent" brain deaths due to suboptimal care or delayed declaration reduce potential organ donations.
A significant proportion of deaths from acute cerebral lesions (DACL) in intensive care units (ICUs) are potentially brain deaths.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the discrepancy between expected and actual brain death declarations in Italian ICUs.
To identify factors contributing to missed brain death declarations and their impact on organ donation.
To propose a new indicator for assessing organ donation potential.

Main Methods:

Analysis of data from the National Registry of Deaths with Acute Cerebral Lesions (DACL) in Italian ICUs.
Comparison of actual brain death declarations against the expected ratio based on DACL.
Identification of clinical factors associated with missed brain death declarations.

Main Results:

Brain death declarations in Italy are consistently lower than expected, particularly in regions with low organ donation rates.
Approximately 1000 potential brain deaths are missed annually in Italy.
Older age and timing of death were identified as significant factors in missed brain death declarations.

Conclusions:

Deviations in the ratio of brain death declarations to DACL indicate a substantial number of "silent" brain deaths.
Implementing targeted training and support for ICUs is crucial to improve brain death identification and declaration.
Enhanced neurointensive treatment for acute cerebral lesions can improve patient outcomes and increase organ donor availability.