The effect of a protocol of aggressive donor management: Implications for the national organ donor shortage

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 429-432

  Salim, Ali ^a,b   Martin, Matthew ^a   Brown, Carlos ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Belzberg, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Donor management; Organ donor; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; DONOR; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR SHORTAGE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DEATH; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33747585345     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000228968.63652.c1     Document Type: Article

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