Current risk-adjusted models used to predict donor heart utilization and cardiac graft survival from organ donors after brain death (DBDs) do not include donor critical care data. We sought to identify novel independent predictors of donor heart utilization and cardiac graft survival to better understand the relationship between donor management and transplant outcomes. This was a prospective observational study of DBDs managed from 2008 to 2013 by 10 organ procurement organizations. Demographic data, critical care parameters, and treatments were recorded at three standardized time points during donor management. The primary outcome measures were donor heart utilization and cardiac graft survival.
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Title
The impact of deceased donor management on donor heart utilization and recipient graft survival
Creator
Swanson, Elizabeth : Oregon Health and Science University Adams, Tony : Oregon Health and Science University Patel, Madhukar S. : Oregon Health and Science University De La Cruz, Salvador : Oregon Health and Science University Hutchens, Michael : Oregon Health and Science University Khush, Kiran : Oregon Health and Science University Sally, Mitchell : Oregon Health and Science University Niemann, Claus U. : Oregon Health and Science University Groat, Tahnee : Oregon Health and Science University Malinoski, Darren : Oregon Health and Science University
Meeting Name
Research Week, Oregon Health and Science University, 2020
