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World J Transplant. Dec 18, 2024; 14(4): 97860
Published online Dec 18, 2024. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v14.i4.97860
Normothermic regional perfusion mobile teams in controlled donation after circulatory death pathway: Evidence and peculiarities
Chiara Lazzeri, Manuela Bonizzoli, Giuseppe Feltrin, Adriano Peris
Chiara Lazzeri, Department of Emergency, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center, Regional Transplant Center, Florence 50134, Italy
Manuela Bonizzoli, Adriano Peris, Department of Emergency, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center, Florence 50134, Italy
Giuseppe Feltrin, Centro Nazionale Trapianti, Roma 00161, Italy
Author contributions: Lazzeri C, Feltrin G, and Peris A contributed to conceptualization and writing draft; Bonizzoli M contributed to revision of data; All contributed to revision and approval of the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Chiara Lazzeri, MD, Chief Physician, Senior Researcher, Department of Emergency, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center, Regional Transplant Center, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy. lazzeri.ch@gmail.com
Received: June 11, 2024
Revised: July 22, 2024
Accepted: August 6, 2024
Published online: December 18, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: To facilitate the implementation of controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) programs even in hospitals not equipped with a local Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team, normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) mobile teams have been developed, mainly by the “conversion” of existing mobile ECMO teams. We summarized existing evidence on NRP teams with the goal of identifying the characteristic and essential features of a NRP mobile team for a cDCD program, especially for those centers starting the program.