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Table 4 Short-term postoperative outcome, 90-day graft and patient survival of EAD and non-EAD patients

From: Procalcitonin in early allograft dysfunction after orthotopic liver transplantation: a retrospective single centre study

 

Whole cohort (n = 231)

Study cohort (n = 110)

Non-EAD (n = 62)

EAD (n = 48)

p-value

Severity of IRI (peak ALT/AST)*

1358 (570–3191)

1506 (583–3881)

681 (334–1195)

4395 (3443–7605)

< 0.001

Overall major complication**

109 (47.2%)

65 (59.1%)

33 (53.2%)

32 (66.7%)

0.155

Reoperation

62 (26.8%)

44 (40%)

18 (29.0%)

26 (54.2%)

0.008

Postoperative RRT

96 (41.6%)

58 (52.7%)

29 (46.8%)

29 (60.4%)

0.155

Arterial complications

11 (4.8%)

7 (6.4%)

1 (1.6%)

6 (12.5%)

0.042

 Hepatic artery thrombosis

5 (2.2%)

3 (2.7%)

0

3 (6.3%)

0.080

Biliary complications

37 (16%)

17 (15.5%)

9 (14.5%)

8 (16.7%)

0.757

ICU length of stay (days)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

4 (2–9)

0.005

Hospital length of stay (days)

16 (12–23)

17 (13–22)

17 (13–22)

17 (13–24)

0.805

90-day outcome

90-day graft survival

213 (92.2%)

97 (88.2%)

59 (95.2%)

38 (79.2%)

0.01

90-day patient survival

215 (93.1%)

99 (90.0%)

59 (95.2%)

40 (83.3%)

0.055

  1. Continous variables are displayed as median and interquartile range
  2. EAD earyl allograft dysfunction, IRI ischemia-reperfusion injury, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, RRT renal replasement therapy
  3. *Peak ALT/AST first 2 days
  4. **Clavien-Dindo-stage ≥ 3B requiring intervention under general anesthesia, life-threatening complication requiring IC/ICU management, death of the patient