Donor Noradrenaline Support Is Not Associated with Decreased Survival in Heart Transplant Recipients.

Daniel OehlerCharlotte BöttgerMoritz Benjamin ImmohrRaphael Romano BrunoJafer HaschemiDaniel ScheiberFabian VoßPatrick HornHug AubinIgor TudoracheRalf WestenfeldPayam AkhyariMalte KelmArtur LichtenbergUdo Boeken

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

In this retrospective analysis, NE support in donors prior to heart transplantation was unrelated to differing survival after heart transplantation. However, higher doses of donor NE were associated with prolonged ventilation, longer duration on IMC/ICU, and a higher need for extracorporeal life support in recipients post-HTx.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
kidney transplantation
intensive care unit
heart failure
respiratory failure
cord blood
acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation