TY  - JOUR
T1  - POlicies of children’s hospitals on donation after cardiac death
AU  - de Groot YJ, Kompanje EO
Y1  - 2009/08/26
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.1207
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 844
EP  - 845
VL  - 302
IS  - 8
N2  - 
To the Editor:  Dr Antommaria and colleagues1 characterized donation after cardiac death (DCD) policies in children's hospitals and evaluated variation among policies. Western standards are that transplantation of organs is possible only if the patient complies with the dead donor rule.2 Organ procurement is possible after the donor's death and must not cause death. Internationally, it is accepted as a norm that an individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including brain stem, is dead.3Irreversible means that the function cannot be restored by anyone under any circumstances.3

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1207
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1207
ER  -