Potential kidney donors among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and a termination of resuscitation rule.

Importance: Uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death (uDCD) has been developed and can serve as a source of kidneys for transplantation, especially when considering patients that meet extended criteria donation (ECD).

Objective: This study assessed the theorical size and characteristics of the potential pool of kidney transplants from uDCD with standard criteria donation (SCD) and ECD among patients who meet Termination of Resuscitation (TOR) criteria following Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA).

Methods And Participants: This study focused on adult patients experiencing unexpected OHCA, who were prospectively enrolled in the Parisian registry from May 16th, 2011, to December 31st, 2020.

Quantifying physician's bias to terminate resuscitation. The TERMINATOR study.

Context: Deciding on "termination of resuscitation" (TOR) is a dilemma for any physician facing cardiac arrest. Due to the lack of evidence-based criteria and scarcity of the existing guidelines, crucial arbitration to interrupt resuscitation remains at the practitioner's discretion.

Aim: Evaluate with a quantitative method the existence of a physician internal bias to terminate resuscitation.