Organ donor potential and performance: Size and nature of the organ donor shortfall

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 432-439

  Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Beasley, Carol L ^b   Brigham, Lori E ^c   Franz, Holly G ^b   Garrison, R Neal ^d   Lucas, Bruce A ^e   Patterson, Russel H ^f   Sobol, Arthur M ^a   Grenvik, Ake N A ^g   Evanisko, Michael J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Partnership for Organ Donation   (United States)

^c Washington Reg Transplant C   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain death; critical illness; end stage renal disease; ethnic groups; medical records; organ donors; organ procurement; organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029917746     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199603000-00012     Document Type: Article

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