The death watch: Certifying death using cardiac criteria

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-66

  DeVita, M A ^a  

^a InnoVision Group   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART DEATH; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT MONITORING; RESUSCITATION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0035086978     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.11.1.x4k02600k1415516     Document Type: Article

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