Clinical Study
APACHE IV Is Superior to MELD Scoring System in Predicting Prognosis in Patients after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Table 1
Comparison of survivors until hospital discharge and nonsurvivors
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| | | All (195) | Survivors | Nonsurvivors | values |
| | Age, yrs, mean (S.D.) | 48.18 (11.13) | 47.83 (10.92) | 50.41 (12.33) | 0.265 | | Male | 171 | 149 | 22 | | | Female | 24 | 19 | 5 | | | MELD, mean (S.D.) | 18.09 (10.55) | 16.87 (9.61) | 25.70 (12.92) | 0.002 | | APACHE IV, mean (S.D.) | 41.32 (21.95) | 35.86 (15.58) | 75.26 (25.47) | <0.001 | | Surgical time, hrs, mean (S.D.) | 7.41 (1.61) | 7.27 (1.58) | 8.26 (1.60) | 0.002 | | Anhepatic time, hrs, mean (S.D.) | 42.30 (10.14) | 41.76 (8.84) | 45.59 (16.09) | 0.370 | | Cold ischemia time, hrs, mean (S.D.) | 7.13 (2.71) | 7.11 (2.81) | 7.23 (3.20) | 0.688 | | Pred. hosp. death%, mean (S.D.) | 3.76 (7.79) | 2.30 (3.77) | 12.84 (16.18) | <0.001 | | Pred.ICU LOS days, median (IQR) | 3.49 (2.39, 4.82) | 3.21 (2.21, 4.21) | 5.5 (5.05, 6.03) | <0.001 | | Actual ICU LOS days, median (IQR) | 3.71 (2.38, 5.47) | 3.5 (2.34, 32.33) | 8 (2.67, 32.75) | 0.001 | | SMR; 95% CI | 3.68; 2.38~4.96 |
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Hosp.: Hospital.
ICU: Intensive care unit.
Pred.: Predicted.
LOS: Length of stay.
Yrs: Years.
Hrs: Hours.
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