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Selection of the Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donor

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Over the past decade, the utilization of organs from older and other donors with compromised physiology has become commonplace. This has been achieved with satisfactory results. There has been significant progress in the assessment and resuscitation of expanded criteria organs. This chapter discusses the selection of donors for both thoracic and abdominal organ transplantation.

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  1. Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Kadiyala V. Ravindra M.B.B.S. & Keri E. Lunsford M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA

    Paul C. Kuo M.D., M.S., M.B.A.

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Ravindra, K.V., Lunsford, K.E., Kuo, P.C. (2013). Selection of the Brain-Dead Potential Organ Donor. In: Novitzky, D., Cooper, D. (eds) The Brain-Dead Organ Donor. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4304-9_13

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