Approach to management of the heartbeating 'brain dead' organ donor.

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Published in JAMA on April 21, 1989

Authors

J M Darby1, K Stein, A Grenvik, S A Stuart

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, PA.

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