Donation after circulatory death: Current status

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 382-390

  Neyrinck, Arne ^a   Van Raemdonck, Dirk ^a,b   Monbaliu, Diethard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agonal phase; Donation after circulatory death; Nonheart beating donor; Organ preservation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DONATION AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH DONOR; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; DONOR; FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PERFUSION; PROCEDURES; SHOCK; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS;

BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERFUSION; SHOCK; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84877741165     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328360dc87     Document Type: Review

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