Conference
Development of Canadian National Guidelines for Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determined Death (pDCD)
Abstract
Introduction/Hypothesis pDCD uptake has been slow in Canada, where most pediatric hospitals do not have active programs and pDCD represents only 8% of pediatric deceased donation. This project generated national, pediatric specific clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to inform the development of ethical and effective pDCD practice. Methods We followed a process of CPG development based on World Health Organization (WHO) and Canadian Medical …
Authors
Weiss M; Hornby L; Rochwerg B; Appleby A; Shemie SD
Volume
101
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
August 2017
DOI
10.1097/01.tp.0000525041.52130.d4
Conference proceedings
Transplantation
Issue
&NA;
ISSN
0041-1337