Korean Journal of Transplantation

Table. 2. Table 2

Maastricht classification of DCD

Category	Definition	Type of DCD
I	Dead on arrival(1) Cardiocirculatory death outside hospital with no witnesses. Totally uncontrolled(2) Cardiocirculatory death outside hospital with witnesses and rapid resuscitation attempt. Uncontrolled	Uncontrolled
II	Unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation : witnessed cardiac arrest outside the hospital with unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Uncontrolled
III	Cardiac arrest following the withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatments but not considered to be brain dead	Controlled
IV	Cardiac arrest in the process of the determination of death by neurological criteria after brain death or after such determination has been performed, but before being transferred to an operating room	Uncontrolled
V	Cardiac arrest in hospital patients	Uncontrolled

DCD, donation after circulatory death.