Acute cardiac care & resuscitationCohort study
One-year liver graft survival from brain-dead donors treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- retrospective, single-centre, observational study
Authors' conclusion
There was no statistically significant difference in one-year liver graft survival between donors treated with ECPR for refractory OHCA and other donors. Given the limited sample size, this lack of statistical significance should not be interpreted as evidence of equivalence.
Study context
- Population
- Brain-dead patients who donated at least one organ; actual liver donors treated or not treated with ECPR for refractory OHCApotential donors treated with ECPR for refractory OHCA 38 · potential donors not treated with ECPR 34
- Participants
- 15 vs 27
- Exposure
- donors treated with ECPR for refractory OHCA vs. other donors
- ECPR groupn = 15
- Control groupn = 27
- Outcome
- one-year liver graft survival
- Follow-up
- One year
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P = 0.65
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Liver retrieval among potential donors
P < 0.01
Donor age · younger in ECPR group
P < 0.01
Peak lactate · higher in ECPR group
P < 0.01
Original publication
One-year liver graft survival from brain-dead donors treated with ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 23 July 2026. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111219
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it