Clinical Study

The Influence of Pharmacological Preconditioning with Sevoflurane on Incidence of Early Allograft Dysfunction in Liver Transplant Recipients

Table 5

The influence of degree of macrovesicular steatosis on IRI of grafts with and without pharmacological preconditioning.

Macrovesicular steatosisASTALT
SevofluraneControlSevofluraneControl

None (0%)669 (276–1327)759 (315–1021)421 (285–974)413 (222–603)
Mild (1–30%)825 (515–1654)2571 (524–3493)576 (363–861)1666 (481–2642)
Moderate (31–60%)979 (658–2267)*4002 (2322–8601)757 (428–1776)1711 (940–3474)

Data are as median (interquartile range). AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase.
* (Mann-Whitney U-test) versus control group.