Table 1

Main donor characteristics

Main donor characteristics
Number or mean ± standard deviation

Age, years
48 ± 16
Gender, male/female
38/29
Epinephrine or norepinephrine dose, mg/hour
2.4 ± 2.7
Cardiac arrest, yes/no
10/57
General infection, yes/no
12/55
Days in the intensive care unit
3.6 ± 3.5
Heart retrieval, yes/no
36/31
Procalcitonin concentration, ng/mL
4.5 ± 14.6
Acute renal failure
0

Eyraud et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R85   doi:10.1186/cc6942