Introduction
A variety of factors are believed to impact the number of organs explanted for transplantation in cadaveric organ donors, including age, stability of the patient and existing co-morbidities. Brain-death-induced systemic inflammation could also adversely affect the number of organs explanted for transplantation. Hence, in this observational study we sought to examine the various factors including the inflammatory response that occur in cadaveric organ donors and to determine their relative impact on organ explantation.