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Eligibility of patients withheld or withdrawn from life-sustaining treatment to organ donation after circulatory arrest death: epidemiological feasibility study in a French Intensive Care Unit
BACKGROUND: Transplantation brings sustainably improved quality of life to patients with end-stage organ failure. Persisting shortfall in available organs prompted French authorities and practitioners to focus on organ retrieval in patients withdrawn from life-sustaining treatment and awaiting cardi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24199966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2110-5820-3-36 |