Favorable outcomes of kidneys from non-heart-beating donors whose cardiac arrest occurred out of hospital

摘要

Investigators at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain performed a retrospective review of uncontrolled NHBD kidney transplantations performed at their center between January 1989 and December 2004. When a cardiac arrest occurring outside the hospital in an individual aged <60 years is deemed irreversible, heart massage, mechanical ventilation and intravenous fluid administration are continued until arrival at the hospital.