Aspects of deceased organ donation in paediatrics

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Brierley, J ^a   Hasan, A ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain death; death; ethics; intensive care units, neonatal; intensive care units, paediatric; organ transplantation; paediatrics; tissue and organ procurement

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ANENCEPHALUS; AUSTRALIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CANADA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ETHICS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HELMET; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNIZATION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKEMIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEATBELT; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855216860     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer405     Document Type: Review

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