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Life After Death: Breathing Life Into Lung Transplantation From Donation After Circulatory Death Donors
Author(s) -
Bozso S. J.,
Nagendran J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.14413
Subject(s) - medicine , donation , lung transplantation , transplantation , organ donation , lung , intensive care medicine , circulatory system , surgery , economics , economic growth
A proposed standardized algorithm from van Suylen et al ( page 2679) may safely increase rates of transplantation of donation after circulatory death donors in lung transplantation by objectively defining criteria for transplant suitability of acceptable and nonacceptable donor lungs.