Defining death in non-heart beating organ donors
Defining death in non-heart beating organ donors
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Zamperetti, N , Bellomo, R and Ronco, C
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
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English
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
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Protocols for retrieving vital organs in consenting patients in cardiovascular arrest (non-heart beating donors, NHBD) rest on the assumptions that irreversible asystole a) identifies the instant of biological death, and b) is clinically assessable at the time when retrieval of vital organs is possible. Unfortunately both assumptions are flawed. We...
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Defining death in non-heart beating organ donors
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1733717
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1733717
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0306-6800
E-ISSN
1473-4257
DOI
10.1136/jme.29.3.182
