Table 4

Multivariate analysis of predictive factors of peak concentration of procalcitonin in donors

Variable

P univariate

P multivariate

Days in intensive care unit of donor

0.52

Age of donor

0.5

Heart retrieval

0.16

Infection in donor

0.75

Cardiac arrest in donor

0.0001

0.003

Epinephrine or norepinephrine doses in donor

0.002

0.046

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