Pro/con debate: In patients who are potential candidates for organ donation after cardiac death, starting medications and/or interventions for the sole purpose of making the organs more viable is an acceptable practice

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Phua, Jason ^a,b   Lim, Tow Keang ^a,c   Zygun, David A ^d   Doig, Christopher J ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; PHENTOLAMINE;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PERFUSION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK; THROMBOSIS; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; RESUSCITATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 39549085143     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5711     Document Type: Review

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