The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's experience with donation after cardiac death

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1729-1733

  Naim, Maryam Y ^a   Hoehn, K Sarah ^c   Hasz, Richard D ^d   White, Lori S ^e   Helfaer, Mark A ^b,f   Nelson, Robert M ^b  

^a Division of Critical Care Medicine

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Gift of Life Donor Program   (United States)

^e Gift of Life Donor Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Organ transplantation; Pediatric donation after cardiac death; Pediatric nonheart beating donation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUSCULTATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTUBATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVER; LIVER GRAFT; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATING ROOM; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME OF DEATH; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 45149099251     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318174dd3d     Document Type: Article

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