Brain death and organ donation: An audit in the Irish national transplantation and neurosurgical centre

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 77-79

  Awad, I T ^a,b   Dwyer, R ^a   Rohan, D ^a   Fanning, R ^a   Keane, E ^a   Counihan, A ^a   Cunningham, P ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b St Columcille s Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; BRAIN TUMOR; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RELATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; IRELAND; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 2942572873     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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