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Inclusion criteria were age \u22653 months, mechanical ventilation, and creatinine \u22641.5 mg\/dL. Exclusion criteria were HIV infection, malignancy other than primary brain tumor or nonmelanoma skin cancer, evidence of ongoing infection, death despite resuscitation attempts, and brain death.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>RESULTS. Twenty-one of the 254 deaths met criteria for brain death, and 233 patients did not. Of the 116 patients &amp;gt;3 months of age for whom life support was withdrawn, 92 were not suitable for kidney donation after cardiac death. Of the 24 children identified as potentially eligible for donation after cardiac death, 14 died within 1 hour of withdrawal of support and could have proceeded with donation after cardiac death. In the other 10 children, donation would have been aborted because of prolonged time to death.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS. Of all patients who died in our ICUs, 5.5% would have been potential candidates for donation after cardiac death. 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