Profile of organ and tissue donors in brain death in the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Passos, Minas Gerais, in 2024

Objective: This study aims to identify the profile of organ and tissue donors from Santa Casa de Passos, Minas Gerais.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with descriptive analysis of medical records obtained from the institution, from January 2024 to January 2025.Data collection was performed in 38 medical records of patients with cephalic death confirmed in the period evaluated.Results: Patients were aged between 2 and 75 years, 50% male.The main causes of death were cranioencephalic trauma -TBI (31.5%) and stroke (26.3%).The most frequently used complementary brain death test was the electroencephalogram (94.7%).In the end, 25 patients remained to perform the organ and tissue donation procedure.Family refusal (15.7%) was the main cause of non--donation.The most donated organ was the kidney, with 44 in total.Conclusion: The recognition of the potential donor, the efficiency for the implementation of the protocol and the proper maintenance of these patients are essential to succeed in the donation process.