Organ donor management in Canada: Recommendations of the forum on Medical Management to Optimize Donor Organ Potential

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Shemie, Sam D ^a   Ross, Heather ^c   Pagliarello, Joe ^c   Baker, Andrew J ^c   Greig, Paul O ^c   Brand, Tracy ^c   Cockfield, Sandra ^c   Keshavjee, Shaf ^c   Nickerson, Peter ^c   Rao, Vivek ^c   Guest, Cameron ^c   Young, Kimberly ^b   Doig, Christopher ^c  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PERFUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; CANADA; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33645214928     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.045131     Document Type: Review

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