Eligibility for organ donation following end-of-life decisions: A study performed in 43 French intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1323-1331

  Lesieur, Olivier ^a   Leloup, Maxime ^a   Gonzalez, Frédéric ^b   Mamzer, Marie France ^c  

^a CH Saint Louis   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Fatal outcome; Life support care; Medical futility; Terminal care; Tissue and organ procurement; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DONOR SELECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84906935280     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3409-2     Document Type: Article

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