Pediatric organ donation: A national survey examining consent rates and characteristics of donor hospitals

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-504

  Webster, Patricia A ^a,b   Markham, Lori ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Midwest Transplant Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Consent; Donation after cardiac death; Organ donation; Organ procurement organizations; Organ transplant; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; DETERIORATION; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349280729     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318198b06b     Document Type: Article

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