Research Article

Early Critical Care Course in Children after Liver Transplant

Table 1

Demographics of 145 patients who underwent 149 transplants.

Age (y) 4.5 ± 4.3, 2.7 (0.9–7)a
Weight (kg)16.8 ± 12.7, 11.9 (18.0–20.5)
Male (%) 80 (54)
Cadaver (%)* 98 (63)
Reduced cadaver (%)* 39 (25)
Living donor (%)* 18 (12)
PRISM on admission 8.0 ± 5.6, 7 (4–12)
PELD15.0 ± 12.5, 15 (6–24)
MELD (13 patients >12 y) 59.9 ± 25.2, 66 (59–797)
Etiology
 Biliary atresia 61 (41)
 Cholestasis 20 (13)
 Fulminate hepatitis 10 (7)
 Metabolic disease 10 (7)
 Idiopathic cirrhosis 7 (5)
 Hepatoblastoma 7 (5)
 Othersb34 (23)

Median with the interquartile; bprimary and acquired etiology; *out of 155 transplants.