# Dialyzing a Brain-Dead Individual for Organ Procurement

## TL;DR

This paper presents a rare case where a brain-dead individual received dialysis before successfully donating multiple organs.

## Contribution

The novelty lies in demonstrating organ donation after dialysis in a brain-dead patient with acute kidney injury.

## Key findings

- The patient was successfully dialyzed while brain-dead.
- He donated a heart and a left kidney after treatment.
- This case highlights the potential for organ procurement in similar scenarios.

## Abstract

Many patients are unable to receive organ transplantation as there is an expanding gap between the number of patients waiting for an organ and the number who receive it. Organ procurement from the brain-dead can address this expanding gap, especially because one brain-dead patient can potentially donate multiple organs to several recipients. Here, we describe a rare case of a previously healthy 26-year-old male who was declared brain dead after a motor vehicle accident but underwent hemodialysis to treat his acute kidney injury and hyperkalemia before successfully donating his heart and left kidney.