Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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to characterize the profile of potential and effective organ donors, and to identify the factors related to non-donation. ⋯ the majority of effective organ donors were young males. The main causes of brain death (BD) and family refusal of organ donation were cerebrovascular disorder and no desire to donate organs after death, respectively. Alcoholics and males were more frequently found in traumatic causes of BD. Therefore, initiatives for population awareness and discussion among the families regarding organ donation can lead to increase the number of effective organ donors.