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Predicting renal recovery after liver transplant with severe pretransplant subacute kidney injury: The impact of warm ischemia time
Author(s) -
Laskey Heather L.,
Schomaker Nathan,
Hung Kenneth W.,
Asrani Sumeet K.,
Jennings Linda,
Nydam Trevor L.,
Gralla Jane,
Wiseman Alex,
Rosen Hugo R.,
Biggins Scott W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.24488
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , interquartile range , urology , renal replacement therapy , kidney , acute kidney injury , creatinine , liver transplantation , transplantation , kidney disease , kidney transplantation , surgery
Identifying which liver transplantation (LT) candidates with severe kidney injury will have a full recovery of renal function after liver transplantation alone (LTA) is difficult. Avoiding unnecessary simultaneous liver‐kidney transplantation (SLKT) can optimize the use of scarce kidney grafts. Incorrect predictions of spontaneous renal recovery after LTA can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. We retrospectively analyzed all LTA patients at our institution from February 2002 to February 2013 (n = 583) and identified a cohort with severe subacute renal injury (n = 40; creatinine <2 mg/dL in the 14‐89 days prior to LTA and not on renal replacement therapy [RRT] yet, ≥2 mg/dL within 14 days of LTA and/or on RRT). Of 40 LTA recipients, 26 (65%) had renal recovery and 14 (35%) did not. The median (interquartile range) warm ischemia time (WIT) in recipients with and without renal recovery after LTA was 31 minutes (24‐46 minutes) and 39 minutes (34‐49 minutes; P = 0.02), respectively. Adjusting for the severity of the subacute kidney injury with either Acute Kidney Injury Network or Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, and End‐Stage Kidney Disease criteria, increasing WIT was associated with lack of renal recovery (serum creatinine <2 mg/dL after LTA, not on RRT), with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.08 (1.01‐1.16; P = 0.03) and 1.09 (1.01‐1.17; P = 0.02), respectively. For each minute of increased WIT, there was an 8%‐9% increase in the risk of lack of renal recovery after LTA. In a separate cohort of 98 LTA recipients with subacute kidney injury, we confirmed the association of WIT and lack of renal recovery (OR, 1.04; P = 0.04). In LT candidates with severe subacute renal injury, operative measures to minimize WIT may improve renal recovery potentially avoiding RRT and the need for subsequent kidney transplant. Liver Transplantation 22 1085–1091 2016 AASLD