What's new in organ donation: Better care of the dead for the living

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2031-2033

  Al Khafaji, Ali ^a   Murugan, Raghavan ^a   Kellum, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIOTHYRONINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; COLLOID; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FUNCTION; HEMADSORPTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DEATH; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84885432202     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3038-1     Document Type: Note

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