Table 1 PARAMEDIC2 organ donor and recipient information
From: Cost-effectiveness of adrenaline for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
| Placebo | Adrenaline | Total | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of recipients | 67 | 99 | 166 | ||
| Number of organs donated | 74 | 115 | 189 | ||
| Gender of donor | Males | 14 (58.3%) | 24 (60.0%) | 38 (59.4%) | 0.895 |
| Females | 10 (41.7%) | 16 (40.0%) | 26 (40.6%) | ||
| Gender of recipient | Males | 37 (55.2%) | 61 (61.6%) | 98 (59.0%) | 0.411 |
| Females | 30 (44.8%) | 38 (38.4%) | 68 (41.0%) | ||
| Age of the recipient | < 18 | 4 (6.0%) | 5 (5.1%) | 9 (5.4%) | 0.748 |
| 18–30 | 6 (9.0%) | 6 (6.1%) | 12 (7.2%) | ||
| 31–50 | 25 (37.3%) | 30 (30.3%) | 55 (33.1%) | ||
| 51–60 | 15 (22.4%) | 32 (32.3%) | 47 (28.3%) | ||
| 61–70 | 14 (20.9%) | 22 (22.2%) | 36 (21.7%) | ||
| > 70 | 3 (4.5%) | 4 (4.0%) | 7 (4.2%) | ||
| Average number of organs (per donor) | N1 | 24 | 40 | 64 | |
| Mean | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.584 | |
| Median | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Std | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| Min-max | 1–7 | 1–6 | 1–7 | ||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Type of organs (n) | Kidney only | 39 (58.2%) | 54 (54.5%) | 93 (56.0%) | 0.457 |
| En-bloc kidney | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Double kidney | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (5.1%) | 5 (3.0%) | ||
| Heart only | 3 (4.5%) | 4 (4.0%) | 7 (4.2%) | ||
| Liver only | 16 (23.9%) | 24 (24.2%) | 40 (24.1%) | ||
| Pancreas only | 2 (3.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.2%) | ||
| Single lung | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | ||
| Double lung | 3 (4.5%) | 3 (3.0%) | 6 (3.6%) | ||
| Liver and kidney | 1 (1.5%) | 1 (1.0%) | 2 (1.2%) | ||
| Kidney and pancreas | 3 (4.5%) | 7 (7.1%) | 10 (6.0%) |