Figure 1

Organ-donation-related procedures for temporary organ preservation in donation after cardiac death. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network bylaws include extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with a cardiopulmonary bypass machine (artificial heart-lung apparatus), as well as bronchoscopy, as donation-related procedures for organ preservation in donation after cardiac death [20]. The use of a cardiopulmonary bypass machine (artificial heart-lung apparatus) is initiated for the artificial circulation of oxygenated blood necessary for organ preservation, which reverses the circulatory criterion of death. Tracheal intubation and lung insufflations are required for bronchoscopy (permission to reproduce the figure was obtained from Springer Science and Business Media [21]).