Cause of death |
No. (%) |
Intracranial haemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
30 (45)
15/30 |
Traumatic head injury
Road traffic accident |
18 (27)
14/18 |
Hypoxic brain injury from cardiac arrest |
8 (11) |
Myocardial infarction |
8 (11) |
Brain tumor |
4 (6) |
Other |
4 (6) |
Ischemic stroke |
3 (4) |
Meningitis |
1 (2) |
*Some DCD donors had multiple contributing causes of death |