Potenciais doadores de órgãos: aspectos a serem considerados.

Abstract

This is a descriptive study of integrative literature review, held to describe the healthcare scenario of the potential donor in ME. The study shows the scenario and some sequelae of ME and their actions. Faced with the shortage of organs in satisfactory conditions for transplant is essential to optimizing the use of organs from brain-dead donorsraised, so that the same, once they become effective, donors have their organs better leveraged and liable to be transplanted. The appropriate knowledge of the complex pathophysiology involving the brain death is of fundamental importance to rationally implement a protocol of aggressive handling of the potential donor, which certainly will result in an increaseof organs obtained and the number of bodies picked up by donor, besides the reduction of rates of primary graft dysfunction transplanted.It was concluded that continuing education measures should be applied between nursing professionals, being started during the academic period, through the awareness of the importance of these professionals in the donation process, with the objective of contributing to the reduction in the queues of waiting for an organ transplant in Brazil.