Organ donation and time to procurement: Late is not too late

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1362-1366

  Inaba, Kenji ^a   Branco, Bernardino C ^a   Lam, Lydia ^a   Salim, Ali ^b   Talving, Peep ^a   Plurad, David ^a   Green, Donald J ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Organ donation; Poor organ function; Procurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; INJURY; INTESTINE; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVER; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 77953756797     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181db30d3     Document Type: Article

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