Objective: To determine whether the outcomes of liver transplantation (LTx) from donation
after cardiac death (DCD) donors are equivalent to those from donation after brain death
(DBD) donors. Summary Background Data: Because of the significant donor organ shortage,
more transplant centers are using livers recovered from DCD donors. However, long-term,
single-center outcomes of liver transplantation from DCD donors are limited. Methods: From
January 1, 1993, to July 31, 2002, 553 liver transplants were performed from DBD donors …

Objectives The objective of this analysis was to compare the results of transplantation of
livers, pancreases, kidneys, and lungs from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors to
organs transplanted from donation after brain death (DBD) donors. Methods From January
1984 through July 2000, outcomes of 382 DCD kidneys were compared to 1,089 kidneys
(SPK) transplants and 36 liver transplants from DCD donors were compared to 455 SPK and
510 liver transplants from DBD donors. Likewise, 31 simultaneous pancreas-kidneys …