Taking the heat out of organ donation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 477-478

  Jochmans, Ina ^a   Watson, Christopher J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN DEATH; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; EDITORIAL; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; KIDNEY GRAFT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOSPASM; DONOR; FEMALE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84938390186     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1507573     Document Type: Editorial

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