The ethics of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in brain-dead potential organ donors

Transplant International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 612-618

  Ave, Anne L Dalle ^a,b   Gardiner, Dale ^c   Shaw, David M ^d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

brain death; ethics; extracorporeal membrane oxygenator; organ preservation; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DONOR; ECONOMIC MODEL; ETHICS; HEMODYNAMICS; RISK; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RISK; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84964570486     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12772     Document Type: Article

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