Lazarus phenomenon, autoresuscitation, and nonheart-beating organ donation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1757-1758

  Rady, Mohamed Y ^a,b   Verheijde, Joseph L ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; DETERIORATION; DYING; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LAZARUS PHENOMENON; LETTER; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 77954921254     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181defd10     Document Type: Letter

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