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Table 2 Extended donor criteria (EDC)

From: Protocol TOP-Study (tacrolimus organ perfusion): a prospective randomized multicenter trial to reduce ischemia reperfusion injury in transplantation of marginal liver grafts with an ex vivotacrolimus perfusion

Criteria

 

Donor age

>65 years

Macrovesicular steatosis

>40% (macroscopy or biopsy)

BMI

>30

Sodium

>165 mmol/l

ICU stay and ventilation

>7 days

Cold ischemia time

>13 hours

AST

>99 u/l

ALT

>105 u/l

Bilirubin

>3 mg/dl (>51 μmol/l)

Application of epinephrine

 
  1. Criteria according to the Eurotransplant Manual for EDC in liver grafts [21]. BMI, body mass index; EDC, extended donor criteria; ICU, intensive care unit; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transamianse.