How Spain Reached 40 Deceased Organ Donors per Million Population

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1447-1454

  Matesanz, R ^a   Dominguez Gil B ^a   Coll, E ^a   Mahillo B ^a   Marazuela, R ^a  

^a ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL DE TRASPLANTES   (Spain)

Author keywords

donors and donation: donation after brain death (DBD); donors and donation: donation after circulatory death (DCD); donors and donation: extended criteria; health services and outcomes research; organ procurement and allocation; organ transplantation in general

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; DONOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS;

BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 85008457790     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14104     Document Type: Review

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