Open AccessFactors Associated With Blood Transfusion in Donor Hepatectomy
Author(s) -
Seong-Soo Choi,
Seong Sik Cho,
Sung Hoon Kim,
InGu Jun,
GyuSam Hwang,
YoungKug Kim
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3182a41937
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatectomy , odds ratio , blood transfusion , confidence interval , liver transplantation , fresh frozen plasma , surgery , logistic regression , living donor liver transplantation , packed red blood cells , transplantation , gastroenterology , platelet , resection
The safety of healthy living donors undergoing hepatic resection for living-donor liver transplantation is of paramount concern. Although blood transfusions have been associated with morbidity and mortality after hepatectomy, there is limited information about the risk factors associated with blood transfusion in living liver donors.