External Validation of the DCD-N Score and a Linear Prediction Model to Identify Potential Candidates for Organ Donation After Circulatory Death : A Nationwide Multicenter Cohort Study

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BACKGROUND: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is a procedure in which after planned withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (WLST), the dying process is monitored. A DCD procedure can only be continued if the potential organ donor dies shortly after WLST. This study performed an external validation of 2 existing prediction models to identify potentially DCD candidates, using one of the largest cohorts.

METHODS: This multicenter retrospective study analyzed all patients eligible for DCD donation from 2010 to 2015. The first model (DCD-N score) assigned points for absence of neurological reflexes and oxygenation index. The second model, a linear prediction model (LPDCD), yielded the probability of death within 60 min. This study determined discrimination (c-statistic) and calibration (Hosmer and Lemeshow test) for both models.

RESULTS: This study included 394 patients, 283 (72%) died within 60 min after WLST. The DCD-N score had a c-statistic of 0.77 (95% confidence intervals, 0.71-0.83) and the LPDCD model 0.75 (95% confidence intervals, 0.68-0.81). Calibration of the LPDCD 60-min model proved to be poor (Hosmer and Lemeshow test, P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: The DCD-N score and the LPDCD model showed good discrimination but poor calibration for predicting the probability of death within 60 min. Construction of a new prediction model on a large data set is needed to obtain better calibration.

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CommentIn: Transplantation. 2021 Jun 1;105(6):1165-1166. - PMID 32858574

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:105

Enthalten in:

Transplantation - 105(2021), 6 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 1311-1316

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nijhoff, Maaike F [VerfasserIn]
Pol, Robert A [VerfasserIn]
Volbeda, Meint [VerfasserIn]
Kotsopoulos, Angela M M [VerfasserIn]
Sonneveld, Johan P C [VerfasserIn]
Otterspoor, Luuk [VerfasserIn]
Abdo, Wilson F [VerfasserIn]
Silderhuis, Vera M [VerfasserIn]
El Moumni, Mostafa [VerfasserIn]
Moers, Cyril [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Validation Study

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Date Completed 26.07.2021

Date Revised 02.10.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: Transplantation. 2021 Jun 1;105(6):1165-1166. - PMID 32858574

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/TP.0000000000003430

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314317724