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Organ Donation and Transplantation after Cardiac Death in China: Clinical practice

By Xiaoshun He (editor) , Jiefu Huang (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2022
ISBN
9811608148, 9789811608148
Language
english
Format
RAR
Filesize
50 MB (52669472 bytes)
Edition
1st ed. 2022
Pages
200\0
Time added
2022-02-19 16:28:20

Description

This book presents a view of the current environment of organ donation and transplantation after cardiac death in China, including legal and ethical aspects of cardiac death, assessment and management of potential organ donor, quality evaluation and machine perfusion of organ, as well as immunology, imaging and pathology related to transplantation from cardiac death donors. Since 2015, voluntary donation has been announced as the only legitimate venue for organ transplant in China. As cardiac death is adopted in China, the donation mode is different from those in other countries where brain death is adopted.  It offers transplant surgeons and physicians valuable information on optimal practice proposal for organ donation after cardiac death in China.

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