Donor conversion rates depend on the assessment tools used in the evaluation of potential organ donors

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-670

  De Groot, Yorick J ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^b   Van Der Jagt, Mathieu ^a   Bakker, Jan ^a   Lingsma, Hester F ^a   IJzermans, Jan N M ^a   Kompanje, Erwin J O ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Critical care organisation; Ethics; Neurotrauma; Stroke; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DONOR CONVERSION RATE; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79953819645     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2131-6     Document Type: Article

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