Figure 1.
DETECT is a tool for the time-controlled evaluation of data imported from the patient data management system (PDMS) and applies certain defined criteria to identify patients with potentially impending irreversible loss of brain function (ILBF), then correspondingly sends targeted messages to a transplantation representative (TXR) in the hospital where the patient is being treated. Notification of the TXR by DETECT initiates structured further procedures in the hospital.
*1 Neuro-intensive care specialist, neurologist, neurosurgeon, ward attending; *2 patient data management systems in the intensive care unit.
DSO, German Organ Procurement Organization (Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation); ICM, integrated care manager; TXR, transplantation representative.