Research Article

Early Critical Care Course in Children after Liver Transplant

Table 2

Multiple regression analysis assessing the relative effect of predictive variables for length of ventilation and length of stay in the PCCU.

Prediction variables Length of mechanical ventilation Length of stay in the PCCU
Beta Beta

Age −0.2*−0.278−0.203*−0.256
PELD 0.020.086
Blood trasfused in OR 0.166*0.293−0.054−0.061
PRISM 0.036*0.2020.0310.168
Infection 0.1880.170
PaO2/FiO2 first day0.000 −0.0850.000−0.036
OI second day0.436**0.396
Pleural effusion0.1620.095
Suspected rejection−0.078−0.064
Thrombosis 0.533*0.221
Creatinine postop0.0140.008

OR, operation room; OI, oxygenation index, ; .