Donation after cardiac death as a strategy to increase deceased donor liver availability

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-560

  Merion, Robert M ^a,b   Pelletier, Shawn J ^a   Goodrich, Nathan ^b,c   Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Delmonico, Francis L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients   (United States)

^c ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33748948964     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000239006.33633.39     Document Type: Article

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