An analysis of the lack of donor pancreas utilization from younger adult organ donors

Transplantation

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Wiseman, Alexander C ^a   Wainright, Jennifer L ^b   Sleeman, Elizabeth ^b   McBride, Maureen A ^b   Baker, Tim ^b   Samana, Ciara ^b   Stock, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceased donor; Organ allocation; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; CADAVER; DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CADAVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957262906     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181e9fea4     Document Type: Review

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