Table 1 Reasons for discard of donated livers
From: Long-term ex situ normothermic perfusion of human split livers for more than 1 week
Liver number | Blood group | Donor type | Cause of death | Reason for discard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | DBD | Cardiac arrest, asthma | 30–60% steatosis on biopsy |
2 | B | DCD | Traumatic brain injury | DCD*, age |
3 | O | DCD | Traumatic brain injury | DCD, time to cessation of circulation >30 min |
4 | B | DCD | Intracranial haemorrhage | DCD, age |
5 | O | DBD | Hypoxia, cardiac arrest | Medically unsuitable, biliary sepsis, cholecystostomy |
6 | A | DBD | Cerebral oedema, sepsis, multiorgan failure | Deranged LFTs |
7 | O | DCD | Hypoxia, cardiac arrest, aspiration | DCD, age, time to cessation of circulation >30 min |
8 | O | DCD | Hypoxia, respiratory failure requiring veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation | DCD, weight, comorbidities |
9 | A1 | DCD | Hypoxia, cardiac arrest. | DCD, acuity of transplant activity, concurrent DBD donor |
10 | O | DBD | Intracranial haemorrhage | Poor flush, donor surgeon assessed as not suitable for transplantation |
