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Table 1 Interventions during the donor management in intensive care unit (ICU)

From: At the heart of organ donation. Case reports of organ donation after cardiac death in two patients with successfully repaired AAST grade V cardiac injuries

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Time of management in ICU

19 h

16 days

TBSA burn %

> 80%

0%

Weight (kg)

70

109

Antibiotic therapy

Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid

Cefazoline, Gentamicin, Piperacillin/Tazobactam, Amikacin, Clindamycin

Plasma (mL)

2785

0

EC (units)

5

1

Crystalloids (ml)

In the first 19 h from ICU arrival: 5500

In the first 24 h from ICU arrival: 3500

Corticosteroids

Hydrocortisone 750 mg

Hydrocortisone 240 mg/die

Sedation/analgesia

Sufentanil/Midazolam/Ketamine

Sufentanil/Ketamine/Methadone/Propofol/Paracetamol/Diclofenac

Inotropes

Noradrenaline/Adrenaline

Noradrenaline/Dobutamine

Enteral nutrition (ml)

380

0