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The brain is not dead when the cortex is dead.
To the Editor: In a recent issue of Critical Care Medicine, with interest we read the article by Dhanani et al (1), concerning vital signs after circulatory arrest following withdrawal of lifesustaining therapy. The article has timely given the persistent controversy regarding criteria of death in circulatory death organ donors. How many minutes after circulatory arrest can we consider the pati...
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Background & Aims: At present due to brain dead patients’ families refuse to organ donation, the number of available organs is less than the requesting cases. The aim of this comparative descriptive study was to compare opinions of donor and nondonor families about relevant factors in their decision making. Methods: participants included 175 members of 71 families (141 members of 56 donor famil...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Information Development
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0266-6669,1741-6469
DOI: 10.1177/0266666911404012