Salvage of an unstable brain dead donor with prompt extracorporeal support

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1815-

  Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Woodrum, Derek ^a   Debroy, Meelie ^a   Chenault, Richard ^a   Miller, William ^a   Miskulin, Judiann ^a   Swaniker, Fresca ^a   Magee, John C ^a   Arenas, Juan D ^a   Punch, Jeffery D ^a   Sung, Randall S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART DEATH; HYPOXIA; LETTER; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 19944422727     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000141360.74374.A1     Document Type: Letter

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