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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2017 Sep 8;18(1):74–88. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14434

Figure 1. Characteristics of deceased organ donors analyzed in this study.

Figure 1

Tissues from research-consented organ donors were obtained for analysis of immune cells from 291 donors between February, 2011 and October 2016. (A) Graph shows number of donors of each age spanning 3 months to 93 years of age (n=291), stratified into the following age categories: Pediatric, 0–15 years of age; Young adult, 16–35 years of age; Middle years, 36–65 years of age; Senior, > 65-years of age. (B) Graph shows stratification of gender (left) and cause of death (right) by age range. (C) Bar graphs showing eight clinical characteristics stratified by donor age category. Clinical characteristics include: non-cerebrovascular accident (CVA) as cause of death (COD); need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); brain death duration greater than 48 hours (BDD>48hrs); length of stay (LOS) greater than one week; administration of steroids (1g Solumedrol every 24 hours) after the diagnosis of brain death; presence of acute lung injury (ALI) as diagnosed by Berlin criteria (see supplemental methods); whether or not the donor received a packed red blood cell or platelet transfusion during their hospitalization (“Transfusion”); and, whether or not the donor had a positive blood or urine culture at any point during their hospitalization (Culture positive).