eISSN 2097-6046
ISSN 2096-7446
CN 10-1655/R
Responsible Institution:China Association for Science and Technology
Sponsor:Chinese Nursing Association

Chinese Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing ›› 2025, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (5): 631-635.doi: 10.3761/j.issn.2096-7446.2025.05.022

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Research progress on nursing strategies for adult brain death donor organ maintenance in ICU

JING Jiamei(), WEI Xiaojing(), WANG Zhenzhen, CUI Bowen, LIANG Hongxia   

  • Received:2024-07-31 Online:2025-05-10 Published:2025-04-28

Abstract:

The organ maintenance period care is provided by ICU nurses to provide basic nursing care and humanistic support for brain death donors in order to improve the success rate of organ transplantation. This article reviews the criteria of brain death donors,nursing measures during the organ maintenance period,as well as the ethical and emotional needs that arise. The brain death judgment and donor organ maintenance in China not only improves the ability of ICU nurses to implement precise nursing care,but also creates greater ethical and emotional challenges between clinical work and family communication,so that nursing care during the organ maintenance period requires further standardized processes and policy support.

Key words: Brain Death, Organ Transplantation, Organ Maintenance Period, Intensive Care Units, Critical Care Nursing