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Management of the cadaver donor in the intensive care unit

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Procurement, Preservation and Allocation of Vascularized Organs

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Intensive care management changes direction at the moment that the patient is declared to be dead. Previously all therapy has been directed to achieving recovery of the patient. Suddenly all therapy is aimed at establishing the best possible function of the various potential donor organs.

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  1. M. J. Lindop
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Transplantation, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

    G. M. Collins

  2. Transplantation Pavillon V, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

    J. M. Dubernard

  3. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    W. Land

  4. Eurotransplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands

    G. G. Persijn

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Lindop, M.J. (1997). Management of the cadaver donor in the intensive care unit. In: Collins, G.M., Dubernard, J.M., Land, W., Persijn, G.G. (eds) Procurement, Preservation and Allocation of Vascularized Organs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5422-2_7

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