Introduction Cardiovascular disease in children, while at times sharing some similarities, is quite different from that of adults. Common adult cardiovascular disease is typically the culmination of years of hypertension, atherosclerosis from hypercholesterolemia, valvulopathy and vasculopathy from progressive calcification, and…
Organ donor management Pediatric brain death International guidelines have been developed that define death as “the permanent loss of capacity for consciousness and all brainstem functions, as a consequence of permanent cessation of circulation or catastrophic brain injury,” with permanent…
Introduction Cardiovascular disease in children, while at times sharing some similarities, is quite different from that of adults. Common adult cardiovascular disease is typically the culmination of years of hypertension, atherosclerosis from hypercholesterolemia, valvulopathy and vasculopathy from progressive calcification, and…
Organ donor management Pediatric brain death International guidelines have been developed that define death as “the permanent loss of capacity for consciousness and all brainstem functions, as a consequence of permanent cessation of circulation or catastrophic brain injury,” with permanent…