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Highly active hospitals in Japan show more intensive brain-dead organ donor management, including higher corticosteroid use and more multidisciplinary meetings. Standardization may improve organ donation rates.

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  • Organ transplantation research
  • Critical care medicine
  • Public health policy

Background:

  • Brain-dead organ donation is crucial for addressing organ shortages.
  • Variations in hospital practices may influence donation rates.
  • Understanding institutional differences is key to optimizing donation processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify institutional and clinical differences between high- and moderate-activity brain-dead organ donation hospitals in Japan.
  • To compare donor management strategies and timelines.
  • To inform strategies for improving organ donation rates.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective multicenter cohort study of 204 brain-dead organ donors across 16 Japanese tertiary centers (2010-2023).
  • Hospitals classified as highly active (≥14 donations) or moderately active (≤13 donations).
  • Comparison of donor management, time intervals, and multidisciplinary team engagement.

Main Results:

  • Highly active hospitals used corticosteroids more frequently (58.3% vs. 38.0%).
  • Longer median times to family consent (8 vs. 5 days) and organ procurement (12 vs. 9 days) in highly active hospitals.
  • Highly active hospitals held more multidisciplinary meetings (median 2 vs. 0).

Conclusions:

  • Intensive donor management, longer donation process timelines, and increased multidisciplinary collaboration characterize highly active donation hospitals.
  • Standardizing practices could enhance efficiency and disseminate effective strategies to boost brain-dead organ donation in Japan.