The impact of intoxication on the number of organs available for transplantation after brain death

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-420

  Hadjizacharia, Pantelis ^b   Salim, Ali ^a   Dubose, Joseph ^b   Mascarenhas, Angela ^c   Margulies, Daniel R ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OneLegacy Organ Procurement Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADDICTION; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DONOR; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 67449101093     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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