• Annals of surgery · Jun 2021

    Outcomes From Brain Death Donors With Previous Cardiac Arrest Accepted for Pancreas Transplantation: A Single-center Retrospective Analysis.

    • Pedro Ventura-Aguiar, Joana Ferrer, David Paredes, Camino Rodriguez-Villar, Angel Ruiz, Josep Fuster, Constantino Fondevila, Juan Carlos Garcia-Valdecasas, Enric Esmatjes, Ramon Adália, Federico Oppenheimer, Josep M Campistol, Fritz Diekmann, and Maria J Ricart.
    • Renal Transplant Unit, Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
    • Ann. Surg. 2021 Jun 1; 273 (6): e230-e238.

    ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of cardiac arrest time (CAT) in donors after brain death (DBD) donors on pancreas transplant outcome.Summary Of Background DataResults from donors after circulatory death report good outcomes despite warm ischemia times up to 57 minutes. Previous cardiac arrest in DBD has been addressed as a potential risk factor, but duration of the CAT has never been evaluated.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis including 342 pancreas transplants performed at our center from 2000 to 2016, and evaluated the effect of previous cardiac arrest in DBD (caDBD) on pancreas transplant outcomes.ResultsA total of 49 (14.3%) caDBD were accepted for transplantation [median CAT of 5.0 min (IQR 2.5-15.0)]. Anoxic encephalopathy was most frequent and P-PASS higher (16.9 vs 15.6) in caDBD group when compared with other DBD. No differences were found in all other characteristics evaluated.Graft survival was similar between both groups, as was the incidence of early graft failure (EGF). CAT increased the risk for EGF [OR 1.09 (95% CI, 1.01-1.17)], and the duration of CPR discriminated for EGF [AUC of 0.86 (95% CI, 0.74-0.98)], with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 75% at a cutoff of 15 minutes. When evaluated separately, caDBD >15 min increased over 5 times the risk for EGF [HR 5.80 (95% CI, 1.82-18.56); P = 0.003], and these presented fewer days on the ICU (1.0 vs 3.0 d).ConclusionCaDBD donors are suitable for routine pancreas transplantation without increasing EGF risk, and in those with longer CAT it may be prudent to postpone donation a few days to allow a thorough evaluation of organ damage following cardiac arrest.Copyright © 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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