Open AccessPreoperative recipient data and immunosuppression levels are predictive of early patient survival after liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Avolio A. W.,
Agnes S.,
Chirico A. S. A.,
Montemagno S.,
Castagneto M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1998.tb01120.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , sepsis , liver transplantation , surgery , proportional hazards model , thrombosis , transplantation , revascularization , myocardial infarction
The role of donor, preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors in predicting patient survival after liver transplantation was evaluated by the Bio Medicus data package on a database containing 162 variables filled with records from 100 consecutive first‐liver transplant cases. Donor data did not predict outcome. Recipient preoperative data (Child status, HCV status) were predictive using life table and Cox regression methods. Recipient intraoperative data (by‐pass time, warm ischemia time, delay in arterial revascularization, and packed red blood cell requirements) were predictive of outcome using life table analysis. Recipient postoperative data (rejection, sepsis, primary dysfunction, and hepatic artery thrombosis) were predictive of outcome.