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Process Improvement in Thoracic Donor Organ Procurement: Implementation of a Donor Assessment Checklist  Gabriel Loor, MD, Sara J. Shumway, MD, Kenneth.

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1 Process Improvement in Thoracic Donor Organ Procurement: Implementation of a Donor Assessment Checklist  Gabriel Loor, MD, Sara J. Shumway, MD, Kenneth R. McCurry, MD, Suresh Keshavamurthy, MD, Syed Hussain, MD, Garry D. Weide, DO, John R. Spratt, MD, Mazin Al Salihi, MD, PhD, Colleen G. Koch, MD, MS  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 102, Issue 6, Pages (December 2016) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Thoracic organ transplant checklist with two hard stops: one before skin incision and one before organ retrieval. (ABGs = arterial blood gases; Cath = cardiac catheterization; CT = computed tomography; CXR = chest roentgenogram; ECG = electrocardiogram; echo = echocardiogram; Fio2 = fraction of inspired oxygen; IV = intravenous; LV = left ventricle; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; RV = right ventricle; Vent = ventilator settings at time of ABG analysis.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Sequence of events from checklist development to implementation.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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