Organ Donor Potential After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is a potentially life-saving intervention in refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). ECPR enables, in most of the treated cases, ICU admission to patients who otherwise would have died at the emergency department (ED). Still, many of them die, frequently after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies due to irreversible critical conditions and related complications. The additional time provided by ECPR, however, might allow for the assessment of organ donor suitability. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ECPR on the number of potential organ donors after refractory OHCA.

Methods

We performed a post-hoc analysis of the multicenter INCEPTION trial, which randomized 134 OHCA patients betwee

SUBMITTER: Verberght HCR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12621156 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature