Table 1.
Recipient and Donor Characteristics Summarized and Compared Between the 3 Donor Types
| DCD Group (n = 77) | LD Group (n = 271) | DBD Group (n = 706) | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient characteristics | ||||
| Age, years | 57 (19‐71) | 38 (18‐61) | 58 (18‐75) | 0.01 |
| Sex (male) | 54 (70) | 160 (59) | 524 (74) | <0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.8 (15‐42) | 26 (15‐47) | 27 (14‐53) | 0.01 |
| HCV positive | 29 (37.7) | 66 (24.4) | 229 (32.4) | 0.02 |
| HCC | 41 (53.2) | 76 (28) | 319 (45.2) | <0.001 |
| FHF | 3 (3.9) | 6 (2.2) | 31 (4.4) | 0.28 |
| PBC or PSC | 3 (3.9) | 66 (24.4) | 56 (7.9) | <0.001 |
| ICU prior to transplant | 3 (3.9) | 15 (5.5) | 52 (7.4) | 0.36 |
| HRS prior to transplant | 7 (9.1) | 6 (2.2) | 31 (4.4) | 0.03 |
| Calculated medical MELD | 19.7 (6‐40) | 17.2 (6‐46) | 20.2 (6‐56) | <0.001 |
| Donor characteristics | ||||
| Age, years | 40 (11‐64) | 36 (12‐61) | 51 (9‐86) | <0.001 |
| Sex, male | 51 (66) | 113 (42) | 398 (56) | <0.001 |
| Median BMI, kg/m2 | 24.4 (17‐33) | 26.6 (15‐44) | 26.3 (14‐46) | 0.003 |
| Cause of death | 0.02 | |||
| Trauma | 9 (11.7) | — | 59 (8.4) | |
| Anoxia | 21 (27.3) | — | 146 (20.7) | |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 25 (32.5) | — | 408 (57.8) | |
| Other | 8 (10.4) | — | 70 (9.9) | |
| Warm ischemia time DCD, minutes | 22.5 (9‐33) | — | — | — |
| Warm ischemia time recipient, minutes | 54 (24‐86) | 44 (15‐148) | 49 (12‐556) | 0.01 |
| CIT, hours | 5.7 (0.7‐11.8) | 1.4 (0.4‐6) | 7.3 (0.9‐18.6) | <0.001 |
| Intraoperative characteristics | ||||
| Blood loss, L | 4 (0‐19) | 2.8 (0‐16) | 3 (0‐44) | 0.01 |
| Transfusion of pRBC, units | 4.7 (0‐23) | 4 (0‐25) | 4.1 (0‐30) | 0.52 |
| Transfusion of >5 units of pRBC | 23 (29.9) | 62 (22.9) | 189 (26.8) | 0.32 |
| Transfusion of cellsaver blood, mL | 1000 (200‐9280) | 726 (139‐7700) | 519 (45‐7500) | <0.001 |
| Transfusion of FFP, units | 7 (0‐32) | 5.3 (0‐31) | 6 (0‐34) | 0.02 |
| Transfusion of platelets, units | 5.5 (0‐20) | 3.2 (0‐54) | 3.8 (0‐50) | 0.01 |
NOTE: Data are given as n (%) or median (range).