The potential impact of using donations after cardiac death on the liver transplantation program and waiting list in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1732-1736

  Chaib, Eleazar ^a,b   Massad, Eduardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CADAVER DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEATH; DONOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LIVER; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION;

DEATH; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 58249092427     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21611     Document Type: Article

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