The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 594-596 , May 2010

Increased recovery of thoracic organs after hormonal resuscitation therapy

  • Dilip S. Nath, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Haseeb Ilias Basha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Michael H. Liu, BS

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Nader Moazami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Gregory A. Ewald, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

References 

  1. Abdelnour T, Rieke S. Relationship of hormonal resuscitation therapy and central venous pressure on increasing organs for transplant. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009;28:480–485
  2. Novitzky D, Cooper DK, Rosendale JD, et al. Hormonal therapy of the brain-dead organ donor: experimental and clinical studies. Transplantation. 2006;82:1396–1401
  3. Nijboer WN, Schuurs TA, van der Hoeven JA, et al. Effects of brain death on stress and inflammatory response in the human donor kidney. Transplant Proc. 2005;37:367–369
  4. Guner M, Pirat A, Zeyneloglu P, et al. Effect of the interval between organ donor brain death and organ harvesting on kidney graft function after transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2007;39:837–841
  5. Novitzky D, Cooper DK, Morrell D, et al. Change from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism after brain death, and reversal following triiodothyronine therapy. Transplantation. 1988;45:32–36

PII: S1053-2498(09)01510-1

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.12.001

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 594-596 , May 2010

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