Open AccessVasopressor selection during critical care management of brain dead organ donors and the effects on kidney graft function
Author(s) -
Elizabeth A. Swanson,
Madhukar S. Patel,
Tahnee Groat,
Nora E. Jameson,
Margaret Kathleen Menzel Ellis,
Michael P. Hutchens,
Claus U. Niemann,
Darren Malinoski,
Mitchell B. Sally
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000002688
Subject(s) - medicine , creatinine , univariate analysis , dialysis , kidney transplantation , urology , renal function , kidney , surgery , multivariate analysis
Delayed graft function (DGF), the need for dialysis in the first week following kidney transplant, affects approximately one quarter of deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients. Donor demographics, donor serum creatinine, and graft cold ischemia time are associated with DGF. However, there is no consensus on the optimal management of hemodynamic instability in organ donors after brain death (DBDs). Our objective was to determine the relationship between vasopressor selection during donor management and the development of DGF.