Intensivists and organ donor management

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-99

  Wood, Kenneth E ^a   Coursin, Douglas B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b B6/319 UW CSC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Organ donor management; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STEROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN PROTECTION; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; REPERFUSION INJURY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247110341     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3280895ac8     Document Type: Editorial

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