Impact of donor cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the outcome of simultaneous pancreas–kidney transplantation—a retrospective study

Summary Previous cardiac arrest in brain‐dead donors has been discussed as a potential risk factor in pancreas transplantation (PT), leading to a higher rate of organ refusal. This study aimed to assess the impact of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in brain‐dead donors on pancreas transplant outcome. A total of 518 type 1 diabetics underwent primary simultaneous pancreas–kidney (SPK) transplantation at our center between 1994 and 2018. Patients were divided into groups, depending on whether their donor had been resuscitated or not. A total of 91 (17.6%) post‐CPR donors had been accepted for transplantation (mean duration of cardiac arrest, 19.4 ± 15.6 min). Those donors were younger (P