Implications and outcomes of donors after cardiac death

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-130

  Pelletier, Shawn J ^a,b   Merion, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Liver transplantation; Organ procurement

Indexed keywords

DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEART DEATH; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250676517     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32805b727c     Document Type: Review

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