The Incidence of Brain-Dead Donors Based on Screening and Management Led by Intensivists

02 May 2023 : Original article

Hyo Jin Lee

^1ABCDEFG*, Seung Bin Kim

^2ABF, Hyun Woo Lee

^1ABF, Jung-Kyu Lee

^1ABF, Yong Won Seong

^3ABF, Eun Young Heo

^1ABF, Deog Kyeom Kim

^14ABF, Tae Yun Park^1ABCDEFG

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.939521

Ann Transplant 2023; 28:e939521

Table 3 Number of brain-dead (BD) donors and potential brain-dead (PBD) donors during the study period.

Year	Total ICU discharges	Cases of BD donors	Cases of PBD donors	Incidence of BD donors per 1000 discharges	Incidence of PBD donors per 1000 discharges	Percentage growth of BD donors (year over year)	Percentage growth of PBD donors (year over year)
2012	278	7	10	25.18	35.97
2013	295	3	6	10.17	20.34	0.4	0.57
2014	330	1	7	3.03	21.21	0.3	1.04
2015	276	2	9	7.25	32.61	2.39	1.54
2016	341	3	13	8.8	38.12	1.21	1.17
2017	352	2	10	5.68	28.41	0.65	0.75
2018	365	4	21	10.96	57.53	1.93	2.02
2019	317	3	16	9.46	50.47	0.86	0.88
2020	318	11	21	34.59	66.04	3.66	1.31
Pre-introduction (2012–2015)	1179	13	32	11.03	27.14
Post-introduction (2016–2020)	1693	23	81	13.59	47.84	1.23	1.76
Incidence presented as patients per 1000 discharges/year. BD – brain-dead; PBD – potential brain-dead.