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First Organ Donation after Circulatory Death Following Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatment in Korea: a Case Report

In February 2018, the Withdrawal of the Life-sustaining Treatment (WLST) Decision Act was legalized in Korea. Donation after circulatory death (DCD) after WLST was classified as DCD category III. We report the first case of successful organ donation after WLST in Korea. A 52-year-old male who experi...

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Autores principales: Jeong, Eunsil, Baik, Seungmin, Park, Hoonsung, Oh, Jaesook, Lee, Yongmin, Lee, Jae-myeong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8203855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34128599
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e171