Imprecise definitions of starting points in retrospectively reviewing potential organ donors causes confusion: Call for a reproducible method like 'imminent brain death'

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 830-837

  Jansen, Nichon E ^a   De Groot, Yorick J ^b   Van Leiden, Hendrik A ^a   Haase Kromwijk, Bernadette J J M ^a   Kompanje, Erwin J O ^b   Hoitsma, Andries J ^c  

^a Dutch Transplant Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brain death; donor conversion rate; family refusal; intensive care unit; potential heart beating organ donor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEATH; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IMMINENT BRAIN DEATH; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REFLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84863716120     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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