Table 2.

National data for critical pathway on deceased donation based on data from Donor Action of the National Transplant Center in Israel, 2010.

Total patients with severe brain damage studied	700
Potential donors (suspected to fulfill brain death criteria)	186
Potential donors reported to the Israeli Transplant Center	186
Brain death not determined as per family request	33
Brain death not determined for logistic problems	6
Brain death determined, family does not accept death	24
Brain death could not be determined for medical reasons	27
Eligible donor (medically suitable and officially declared brain-dead)	122
Consented donors	60
Actual donors (transported to the operating room for organ recovery)	54
Utilized donors (actual donors with at least one transplanted organ)	52
Organs/donor	3.1