Autoresuscitation after asystole in Patients being considered for organ donation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-161

  Sheth, Kevin N ^a,b,c   Nutter, Tyree ^b   Stein, Deborah M ^a,b,c   Scalea, Thomas M ^a,b,c   Bernat, James L ^d  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^c Shock Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation after circulatory death; Organ donation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTORESUSCITATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055173314     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822f0b2a     Document Type: Article

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