Policies of children's hospitals on donation after cardiac death

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 844-

  De Groot, Yorick J ^a   Kompanje, Erwin J O ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; CHILD; DEATH; HOSPITAL; NOTE; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION;

CHILD; DEATH; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 69249208816     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1207     Document Type: Letter

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