Allow elective ventilation to recruit more organ donors

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-343

  Settergren, G ^a   MacHado, C ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DEATH; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79751477928     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02386.x     Document Type: Article

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