Renal transplantation using non-heart-beating donors: A potential solution to the organ donor shortage in Canada

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-14

  Lacroix, Julie D ^a   Mahoney, John E ^a,b   Knoll, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CANADA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART BEAT; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1242330497     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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