Table 2.

Time to circulatory death in potential organ donors after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.

Characteristics	Number†	Median‡ [min]	IQR‡ [min]	Mean ± SD‡ [min]	Minimum, Maximum‡ [min]
WLST to loss of pulse§ (min)
All patients	177	27	13.5–64	63.4 ± 105.7	0, 951
Potential donor	49	16	10.5–52	55.8 ± 96.8	0, 430
Non-potential donor	128	29	14.2–74.8	66 ± 108.9	1, 951
Loss of pulse to flat ECG¶ (min)
All patients	177	3	1–12	13.3 ± 24.9	0, 149
Potential donor	49	3	1–8	9.9 ± 18.6	0, 78
Non-potential donor	128	4	0.25–17	14.5 ± 26.8	0, 149

SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, WLST withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment

† Values are presented as numbers

‡ Values were obtained using the independent t-test or Mann–Whitney U test

§ Duration between LST discontinuation and pulse loss

¶ Duration between pulse loss and flat ECG