Basic principles of donor management for multiorgan removal.
Prime quality organs are a scarce resource best fostered by widespread education of critical care physicians in the principles of donor management, and by the provision of expert donor teams (two surgeons, one anesthetist, one nurse) to set consistent high standards of care during organ retrieval.
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014180:Transplantation / Q000379:methods*