Are patients brain-dead after successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest suitable as organ donors? A systematic review

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1609-1614

  Sandroni, Claudio ^a   Adrie, Christophe ^b   Cavallaro, Fabio ^a   Marano, Cristina ^a   Monchi, Mehran ^c   Sanna, Tommaso ^a   Antonelli, Massimo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b université Paris Cité   (France)

^c Department of Intensive Care Medicine Melun General Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Brain death; Cardiac arrest; Resuscitation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART ARREST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650208061     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.037     Document Type: Review

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