The feasibility of organ salvage from non-heart-beating trauma donors

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 929-934

  Wisner, David H ^a,c   Lo, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PERFUSION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029758843     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430210027006     Document Type: Article

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