Assessment of brain death of organ donors in Iran

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Nozary Heshmati, Behnaz ^a   Tavakoli, Seyed Amir Hossein ^a   Mahdavi Mazdeh, Mitra ^a,b   Zahra, Sobhani ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CALCIUM; DOPAMINE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; IRAN; KIDNEY; LABORATORY; LETTER; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OSMOTIC DIURESIS; POLYURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINE VOLUME; WATER DEFICIT; DIAGNOSIS; DONOR; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77950687337     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01060.x     Document Type: Letter

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