Observations of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from patients who became non-heart-beating organ donors

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1709-1712

  DeVita, Michael A ^a   Snyder, James V ^b   Arnold, Robert M ^b   Siminoff, Laura A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain death; Cadaver; Ethics; Informed consent; Life support care; Organ procurement; Terminal care; Tissue donors; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DOCUMENTATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCISION; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033932551     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200006000-00002     Document Type: Review

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