Thyroid hormone use during cardiac transplant organ procurement

Background Acute hypothyroidism after brain death results in hemodynamic impairments that limit availability of donor hearts. Thyroid hormone infusions can halt that process and lead to increased utilization of donor organs, but prolonged use of thyroid replacement has not been well studied. Methods...

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Published in:	Clinical transplantation Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 1578 - 1583
Main Authors:	Cooper, Lauren B., Milano, Carmelo A., Williams, Melissa, Swafford, Wendy, Croezen, Donna, Van Bakel, Adrian B., Rogers, Joseph G., Patel, Chetan B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2016
Subjects:	Brain Death Clinical Protocols donor management Health Care Surveys heart transplant Humans Hypothyroidism - etiology Hypothyroidism - prevention & control Practice Guidelines as Topic Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data procurement survey thyroid hormone Thyroid Hormones - therapeutic use Tissue and Organ Procurement - methods United States heart transplant survey thyroid hormone procurement donor management
ISSN:	0902-0063, 1399-0012, 1399-0012
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