Prediction of time of death after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in potential donors after cardiac death*

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 766-769

  Wind, Jentina ^a   Snoeijs, Maarten G J ^a   Brugman, Cees A ^b   Vervelde, Janneke ^c   Zwaveling, Janharm ^a   Van Mook, Walther N ^a   Van Heurn, Ernest L ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac death; donation after cardiac death; withdrawal of life saving treatment

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84857558450     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232e2e7     Document Type: Article

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