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. 2021 May 25;26:e930787-1–e930787-12. doi: 10.12659/AOT.930787

Supplementary Table 2.

Donor criteria for pancreas acceptance for solid pancreas transplantation according to current national pancreas protocols.

Donor age Donor BMI Other donor-related criteria
Australia and New Zealand [13]
  • 3–45 years old (DBD, solid pancreas donor)

  • 3–65 years old (DBD, islet donor)

  • ≤35 years old (DCD, solid pancreas donor)

  • >25 kg and ideally <100 kg (solid pancreas donor)

  • >25 kg and ideally <150 kg (islet donor)

  • ABO compatibility (absolute requirement)

  • HLA typing not required for allocation

  • DCD pancreas donor criteria:

    • No known pancreatic trauma

    • No history of alcoholism or chronic pancreatitis

    • Maximum warm ischaemic time <30 minutes

USA [11]
  • No formal donor age limits however donors ≤50 years and >50 years old are allocated differently

  • No formal donor BMI limits however donors ≤30 kg/m2 and >30 kgm2 are allocated differently

  • ABO compatibility

  • HLA matching is taken into consideration

  • No specific DCD criteria

UK [10]
  • <66 years old (DBD, solid pancreas donor)

  • <56 years old (DCD, solid pancreas donor)

  • <51 years old (DCD, islet donor)

  • Donor-recipient age-matching is reflected in the Total Points Score

  • <25 kg/m2 (initial offer to solid pancreas recipient)

  • ≥31 kg/m2 (initial offer to islet recipient)

  • ABO compatibility

  • HLA mismatch is reflected in the Total Points Score

Eurotransplant [9]
  • >5 and ≤50 years old (solid pancreas donor)

  • <5 and >50 years old (islet donor*)

  • In Netherlands, donor age limit for DBD donors is ≤60 years old

  • <30 kg/m2 (and if age criteria met, for solid pancreas donor)

  • ≥30 kg/m2 (or if age criteria met, for islet donor*)

  • ABO compatibility

  • HLA matching is taken into consideration

  • No specific DCD criteria

ABO – ABO blood group; BMI – body mass index; DBD – donation after brain death donor; DCD – donation after cardiac death donor; HLA – human leucocyte antigen.