Induction of organ dysfunction and up-regulation of inflammatory markers in the liver and kidneys of hypotensive brain dead rats: a model to study marginal organ donors.

BACKGROUND: Marginal donors exposed to the full array of effects induced by brain death are characterized by low success rates after transplantation. This study examined whether organs from marginal brain dead animals show any change in organ function or tissue activation making them eventually more...

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Main Authors: van der Hoeven, J, Ploeg, R, Postema, F, Molema, I, de Vos, P, Girbes, A, van Suylichem, P, van Schilfgaarde, R, Ter Horst, G
Format: Conference item
Published: 1999