Premium
Uncontrolled DCDs: The Next Step?
Author(s) -
Sung R. S.,
Punch J. D.
Publication year - 2006
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/j.1600-6143.2006.01410.x
Subject(s) - medicine , united network for organ sharing , donation , organ donation , organ procurement , transplantation , procurement , kidney transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery , law , management , political science , economics , liver transplantation
As experience with donation after cardiac death in controlled situations grows, the potential for donation after cardiac death in the less controlled situations should now be carefully examined, and the challenges of utilizing such organs and the ethical and logistical challenges associated with using such organs should be explored. See also article Gagandeep et al in this issue on page 1682.