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Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 May 7;161(2):458–466.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.111

TABLE 2.

Comparison of organ disposition per donation after circulatory death lung versus donation after brain death lung, 2005–2019

	DCD lungs (n = 30,916)	DBD lungs (n = 206,902)	P value
Consent not requested	8.4% (2590)	2.2% (4588)	<.001
Consent not obtained	4.6% (1418)	2.6% (5315)	<.001
Organ not recovered	72.8% (22,513)	63.3% (130,934)	<.001
Recovered not for transplantation	9.3% (2864)	8.6% (17,787)	<.001
Recovered for transplantation but not transplanted	1.2% (373)	1.0% (1974)	<.001
Transplanted	3.7% (1158)	22.4% (46,304)	<.001

DCD, Donation after circulatory death; DBD, donation after brain death.