Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of 177 observed patients.
| Characteristics | All patients† (n = 177) |
Potential DCD donors† (n = 49) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 69.3 ± 13.3 | 65.1 ± 14.8 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 128 (72.3) | 39 (79.6) | |
| Female | 49 (27.7) | 10 (20.4) | |
| APACHE-II score | 26 ± 7.1 | 27 ± 6.1 | |
| SOFA score on day 1 | 9.8 ± 3.9 | 8.9 ± 3.3 | |
| DOS, hospital (day) | 16.7 ± 22.3 | 15 ± 14.8 | |
| DOS, ICU (day) | 12.3 ± 18.1 | 12 ± 13.6 | |
| Major diagnosis at admission, n (%) | |||
| Cardiovascular disease | 17 (9.6) | 5 (10.2) | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 7 (4) | 5 (10.2) | |
| Sepsis or septic shock | 27 (15.3) | 3 (6.1) | |
| Suicide | 5 (2.8) | 3 (6.1) | |
| Malignancy | 31 (17.5) | 4 (8.2) | |
| Trauma | 15 (8.5) | 9 (18.4) | |
| Organ failure | 58 (32.8) | 13 (26.5) | |
| Cardiopulmonary arrest | 11 (6.2) | 6 (12.2) | |
| Other | 6 (3.4) | - | |
| Cause of death, n (%) | |||
| Cardiovascular disease | 17 (9.6) | 5 (8.2) | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 7 (4) | 6 (12.2) | |
| Sepsis or septic shock | 24 (13.6) | 3 (6.1) | |
| Suicide | 2 (1.1) | 1 (2) | |
| Malignancy | 20 (11.3) | 6 (12.2) | |
| Trauma | 13 (7.3) | 8 (16.3) | |
| Organ failure | 81 (45.8) | 13 (26.5) | |
| Brain death | 1 (0.6) | 1 (2) | |
| Hypoxic brain damage | 12 (6.8) | 6 (12.2) | |
APACHE-II acute physiology and chronic health evaluation-II, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, DOS duration of stay, ICU intensive care unit, DCD donation after circulatory death
† Values are presented as a number (%) or mean ± standard deviation