Donation after cardiac death in Queensland: Review of the pilot project

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-522

  Kumar, R ^a,b   Shekar, K ^a,c   Widdicombe, N ^a,d   Fraser, J F ^a,b,c  

^a Multiple Centres   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Donation after cardiac death; Organ transplantation; Warm ischaemia time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DONATION AFTER CARDIAC DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PILOT STUDY; REGISTER;

EID: 84861539943     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000319     Document Type: Article

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