Clinical results of an organ procurement organization effort to increase utilization of donors after cardiac death

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1368-1371

  Whiting, James F ^a,i   Delmonico, Francis ^b   Morrissey, Paul ^c   Basadonna, Giacomo ^d   Johnson, Scott ^e   Lewis, W David ^f   Rohrer, Richard ^g   O'Connor, Kevin ^h   Bradley, James ^h   Lovewell, Tammy D ^d   Lipkowitz, George ⁱ  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h New England Organ Bank   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation after cardiac death; Organ donation; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE REGISTRY; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DEATH; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER GRAFT; OPERATING ROOM; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; DEATH; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33744922390     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000179641.82031.ea     Document Type: Review

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