When disaster strikes: Death of a living organ donor

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2577-2581

  Ratner, L E ^a   Sandoval, P R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor complications; donor death; health policy; live donor transplantation; living donor hepatectomy; living donor nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

CADAVER DONOR; DEATH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; INTESTINE GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER RESECTION; LIVING DONOR; LOBECTOMY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 78649816013     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03341.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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