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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2016 Dec;100(12):2729–2734. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001059

Table 3.

Clinical Outcomes by donor dopamine dose

No Dopamine
(n=115)
Low-Dose
Dopamine
(n=51)
High-Dose
Dopamine
(n=26)
p-value
Right Heart Failure 27 (23.5%) 4 (7.8%) 3 (11.5%) 0.03
Mechanical Circulatory Support 7 (6.1%) 1 (2.0%) 1 (3.8%) 0.63
Time to Extubation (IQR) (days) 2 (1–5) 1 (1–3) 2 (1–4) 0.01
ICU Length of Stay (IQR) (days) 10 (6–17) 7 (5–11) 9 (6–15) 0.07
Post-op Length of Stay (IQR) (days) 21 (14–33) 16 (11–21) 18 (12–26) 0.01
30-day Mortality 4 (3.5%) 1 (2.0%) 1 (3.8%) 0.84
1-year Mortality 10 (8.7%) 6 (11.7%) 1 (3.8%) 0.63