The profile of potential organ and tissue donors
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The profile of potential organ and tissue donors.
This study aimed to characterize donors according to gender, age group, cause of brain death; quantify donors with hypernatremia, hyperpotassemia and hypopotassemia; and get to know which organs were the most used in transplantations. This quantitative, descriptive, exploratory and retrospective study was performed at the Organ Procurement Organization of the University of São Paulo Medical Sch...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0104-1169
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692009000500019