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Table 4 Risk of occurrence of cardiac arrest among patients to whom the donor management checklist was applied according to the meeting of treatment goals

From: Positive impact of a clinical goal-directed protocol on reducing cardiac arrests during potential brain-dead donor maintenance

Goal met (population analyzed)

Total, n = 382

Cardiac arrests, n = 97 (25.4 %)

OR (95 % CI)

p value

Duration of protocol 12–24 h, n (%) (all)

 Yes

101 (26.4)

19 (18.1)

0.60 (0.34; 1.06)

0.07

 No

281 (73.6)

78 (27.7)

  

Temperature > 35 ° C, n (%) (all)

 Yes

283 (74.1)

60 (21.2)

0.48 (0.27; 0.74)

0.001

 No

99 (25.9)

37 (37.3)

  

MAP > 65 mmHg, n (%) (all)

 Yes

285 (74.6)

60 (21.1)

0.43 (0.26; 0.71)

<0.001

 No

97 (25.4)

37 (38.1)

  

Diuresis from 1 to 4 ml/kg/h, n (%) (all)

 Yes

210 (54.9)

49 (23.3)

0.78 (0.49; 1.24)

0.30

 No

172 (45.1)

48 (27.9)

  

Corticosteroids, n (%) (all)

 Yes

263 (68.8)

56 (21.3)

0.51 (0.32; 0.83)

0.006

 No

119 (31.2)

41 (34.4)

  

Vasopressin, n (%) (vasoconstrictor use, n = 236)

 Yes

41(17.4)

5 (12.2)

0.37 (0.13; 0.99)

0.042

 No

195 (82.6)

53 (27.1)

  

Mechanical ventilation, n (%) (all)

 Yes

256 (67.1)

61 (23.8)

0.78 (0.48; 1.27)

0.32

 No

126 (32.9)

36 (28.6)

  

Sodium < 150 mEq/L, n (%) (all)

 Yes

142 (37.2)

36 (25.4)

0.99 (0.61; 1.60)

0.99

 No

240 (62.8)

61 (25.5)

  

Blood glucose < 180 mg/dl, n (%) (all)

 Yes

151 (39.5)

39 (25.8)

1.03 (0.64; 1.66)

0.87

 No

231 (60.5)

58 (25.1)

  
  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, MAP mean arterial pressure