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Table 2 Death aetiologies of sudden cardiac arrest in 63 non heart beating donors

From: Kidney retrieval after sudden out of hospital refractory cardiac arrest: a cohort of uncontrolled non heart beating donors

Cause

Confirmed

Probable

Trauma

13 (20.6%)

 

Cardiac cause

6 (9.5%)

14 (22.2%)

Stroke

4 (6.3%)

2 (3.2%)

Aortic dissection

2 (3.2%)

1 (1.6%)

Hanging

2 (3.2%)

 

Pancreatitis

 

1 (1.6%)

Hyperkalaemia

 

1 (1.6%)

Stab wound

1 (1.6%)

 

Gastrointestinal bleeding

1 (1.6%)

 

Meningitis

1 (1.6%)

 

False passage

1 (1.6%)

 

Unknown

13 (20.6%)

 
  1. Unknown cause was defined when clinical examination or biological data were negative and in the absence of prodromes, medical history or evidence from relatives.