Intensive management of organ donors to maximize transplantation.

نویسندگان

  • Kevin J O'Connor
  • Kenneth E Wood
  • Karen Lord
چکیده

http://ccn.aacnjournals.org Kevin J. O’Connor is the director of organ donation services for the New England Organ Bank in Newton, Mass, and codirector of the Organ Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative. Kenneth E. Wood is a professor of medicine and anesthesiology, Department of Medicine, and director of Critical Care Medicine/Respiratory Care and the Trauma and Life Support Center at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wis. Karen Lord is an advanced practice donation specialist at the New England Organ Bank in Newton, Mass.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Critical care nurse

دوره 26 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006