Which of the Following Is True in the Pittsburgh Protocol

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true in the Pittsburgh protocol for obtaining organs for transplantation?

• A) The patient is declared dead by the Harvard criteria of brain death.
• B) Drugs are administered that might accelerate the death of the patient from whom the organs are taken.
• C) Most families understand that the organ-donor-patient's death will be managed to maximize the health of the organs to be transplanted.
• D) Transplant surgeons don't have to wait a few minutes after the heart stops before declaring death of the patient.
• E) It mandates doing everything possible for health of the patient from whom the organs are taken.

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