Executive summary from the intraoperative advisory council on donation after cardiac death of the United Network for Organ Sharing: Practice guidelines

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1120-1123

  Mandell, M Susan ^a   Taylor, Gloria J ^a,b   D'Alessandro, Anthony ^a,c   McGaw, Lin J ^a,b   Cohen, Edmond ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; DEATH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0142155125     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50189     Document Type: Article

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