Table 1.

Criteria for deceased kidney donors: SCDs, ECDs and DCDs.

Categories	Short Description	Description
Standard-Criteria Donor (SCD)	Donor under 60 years of age and do not meet any of the criteria of Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD)
Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD)	Donor either > 60 years or aged 50 to 59 years with at least 2 of the following three criteria: (i) cerebrovascular accident as cause of death; (ii) serum creatinine level > 1.5 mg/dL (137 mmol/L); (iii) preexisting history of systemic hypertension
Uncontrolled DCD I	Found dead I a. Out of hospital I b. In the hospital	Unexpected circulatory arrest with no resuscitation. Can donate tissue (cannot donate organs).
Uncontrolled DCD II	Cardiac arrest in front of a witness II a. Out-of-hospital II b. In-hospital	Unexpected circulatory arrest with failed resuscitation
Controlled DCD III	Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy	Planned withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy. Limiting and stopping treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). Primary donor type (only type in some countries).
Controlled DCD IV	Circulatory arrest while brain dead	Circulatory arrest in a brain-dead candidate for donation.
Controlled DCD V	Medical assisted circulatory arrest	Expected circulatory arrest as a result of euthanasia (depend of countries legislation).