NEJM - "Therapeutic Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors and Kidney-Graft Function"

"Therapeutic Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors and Kidney-Graft Function"

"CONCLUSIONS

Mild hypothermia, as compared with normothermia, in organ donors after declaration of death according to neurologic criteria significantly reduced the rate of delayed graft function among recipients. (Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01680744.)"

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1501969?query=featured_home