Uncontrolled organ donation following prehospital cardiac arrest: A potential solution to the shortage of organ donors in the United Kingdom?

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 477-481

  Roberts, Keith J ^a   Bramhall, Simon ^a   Mayer, David ^a   Muiesan, Paolo ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Deceased after cardiac death; Nonheart beating organ donation; Organ donation; Uncontrolled

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79953768695     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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