Research Article
Early Critical Care Course in Children after Liver Transplant
Table 4
Comparison of transplants before (old group) and after year 2000 (recent group) period.
| | | 1988–1999 () | 2000–2011 () | |
| | Age (months) | 40.5 (15–100) | 17.0 (9.0–50.2) | 0.004 | | Weight (kg) | 12.9 (9.4–21.6) | 10.0 (7.6–18.5) | 0.07 | | <10 kg | 28.0 (30) | 26.0 (43) | 0.14 | | Living donor | 5.0 (5.6) | 13.0 (22) | 0.005 | | Open abdomen (%) | 5.0 (5.6) | 12.0 (20) | 0.001 | | Median PELD | 14 (2–21) | 15 (9–27) | 0.087 | | Median PRISM | 6.0 (4–10) | 10.0 (4–13.2) | 0.014 | | Etiology | | | | | Biliary atresia (%) | 31 (34) | 30 (51) | 0.07 | | Cholestasis (%) | 15 (17) | 5 (8) | 0.2 | | Fulminant hepatitis (%) | 8 (9) | 2 (3) | 0.3 | | Metabolic disease (%) | 4 (4) | 6 (10) | 0.3 | | Hepatoblastoma (%) | 2 (2) | 5 (8) | 0.02 | | Median OR time (min) | 458 (398–555) | 520 (520–652) | 0.047 | | Median LOS (days) | 6.0 (4–9) | 8.5 (6–17) | <0.001 | | Ventilation (days) | 2.0 (1–5) | 5.0 (2–10) | <0.001 | | Ventilation (close incision) | 2.0 (1–4) | 4.0 (2–7) | 0.003 | | OR blood (mL/kg) | 31.0 (18–60) | 54.0 (28–116) | 0.002 | | Median first 3 days Hb (g·L−1) | 108 (97–121) | 93.0 (89–112) | 0.007 | | Infection (%) | 36.0 (40) | 13.0 (22) | 0.04 | | Bactermia (%) | 19.0 (21) | 7.0 (12) | 0.02 | | Thrombosis (%) | 13.0 (14) | 11.0 (19) | 0.6 | | Suspected rejection (%) | 30.0 (33) | 6.0 (10) | 0.002 | | Mortality (28 days) | 6.0 (6.6) | 6.0 (10.2) | 0.6 |
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