A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with the diagnosis of massive head trauma caused by a motor vehicle accident.The patient is unresponsive and on mechanical ventilation.The electroencephalogram is negative for brain waves.The family has agreed to organ donation.The organ donor would be classified as a

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A brain-dead donor is a donor declared dead by neurologic criteria for brain death.Donation after cardiac death is when the donor is declared dead by circulatory criteria for death.A living related donor is a family member related by blood who donates a kidney,portion of the liver,pancreas,intestine,or lung to another family member.A living,unrelated donor (directed or nondirected)is a living individual not related to a patient requiring a transplant who donates a kidney,portion of the liver,pancreas,intestine,or lung to another individual.The donor may be anonymous or altruistic.

A Patient Is Admitted to the Critical Care Unit with the Diagnosis