*Surgical Techniques of Multiorgan Procurement from a Deceased Donor DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94156*

the machine pressure should be maintained between 50 and 70 mmHg but the maximum pressure that is acceptable during deceased donor harvesting is not welldefined, although most researchers suggest that overflow of the irrigation of the pancreas tissue is very harmful to its future function [22].

In the adults, for prevention of micro- and macrovascular thrombosis, the standard dosage of heparin is 300 IU/kg and total volume of UW solution is 2–3 liter through the aortic cannula and 1 lit through the portal vein with a flow rate of 50–100 ml/kg/min for abdominal organ transplantation and another 1 liter for back-table preparation of the liver and at least 20 ml for irrigation of the bile ducts [23]. For lower viscosity solutions such as Celsior, HTK or IGL-1®, total volume of perfusate should increase to 6 liters [23] in order to achieve better irrigation of the total blood volume of the harvested organs. For pediatric donors the dosage of heparin is 500 IU/kg and total volume of perfusate should be around 50 ml/kg [23].
