The donor category as defined by the Maastricht Classification used to categorise non-heart beating donors.
National Codes:
01 | Category 1 - Dead-on-arrival at hospital cause of death is obvious (e.g. serious head injury) and no resuscitation is given. (This is an unusual event and rare source of Non Heart Beating donors). |
02 | Category 2 - Unsuccessful resuscitation an individual is brought to an Accident and Emergency Department while being resuscitated but this is not effective or arrest occurs on the hospital WARD and they are unable to be resuscitated. (These are relatively common events and represent the largest potential pool of Non Heart Beating donors). |
03 | Category 3 - Awaiting cardiac arrest e.g. severe brain damage without brain death has occurred. PATIENTS are mostly ventilator-dependent and after consent from relatives, the ventilator is switched off and cardiac arrest awaited. The agonal period is limited to 2 hours to avoid damage from hypotension and hypoxia. |
04 | Category 4 - Cardiac arrest while brain dead these PATIENTS are in the process of being diagnosed brain dead and do not respond to cardiopulmonary resuscitation. |
This attribute is also known by these names:
Context | Alias |
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plural | DONOR CATEGORY CODES NON HEART BEATING |