Organ donation: Intensive care issues in managing brain dead

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Murthy, T V S P ^a  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Brain death; Intensive care; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG EDEMA; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 70349195181     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(09)80132-9     Document Type: Article

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