Risk Factors for Sepsis Based on Sepsis-3 Criteria after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Table 3

Preoperative clinical characteristics of patients with or without orthotopic liver transplantation- (OLT-) related sepsis (normally distributed data) (reported as (%) unless otherwise noted).

	Sepsis-negative	Sepsis-positive
Age, y	44.44 ± 8.63	49.08 ± 10.92	0.067
Male/female	41/0	69/16	0.044
Portal hypertension	21 (51.2)	46 (54.1)	0.555
Hypertension	0	8 (9.4)	0.260
Serum albumin, g/l	32.69 ± 5.62	35.54 ± 6.08	0.155
Smoking	6 (14.6)	13 (15.3)	1.000
Drinking	8 (19.5)	13 (15.3)	0.886
Diabetes	10 (24.4)	18 (21.2)	0.813
Etiology
Liver cirrhosis	14 (34.1)	27 (31.8)	0.099
Severe hepatitis	6 (14.6)	19 (22.4)
Hepatic carcinoma	17 (41.5)	17 (20)
Others	3 (7.3)	21 (24.7)
Child-Pugh grade
A	14 (34.1)	8 (9.4)	0.014
B	11 (26.8)	21 (24.7)
C	16 (39.0)	56 (65.9)
MELD^a score
<11	9 (22.0)	35 (41.2)	0.049
11–18	19 (46.3)	24 (28.2)
19–24	5 (12.2)	21 (24.7)
≥25	8 (19.5)	5 (5.9)
Serum potassium
Normal	35 (85.4)	61 (71.8)	0.372
Hypokalemia	5 (12.2)	21 (24.7)
Hyperkalemia	2 (4.8)	3 (3.5)
Serum sodium
Normal	25 (60.9)	56 (65.9)	0.694
Hyponatremia	16 (39.0)	29 (34.1)
Serum calcium
Normal	33 (80.5)	43 (50.6)	0.011
Hypercalcemia	8 (19.5)	42 (49.4)
Blood glucose
Normal	22 (53.7)	54 (63.5)	0.461
Hypoglycemia	11 (26.8)	13 (15.3)
Hyperglycemia	8 (19.5)	18 (21.1)
Pneumonia	17 (41.5)	27 (31.8)	0.372
Biliary tract infection	6 (14.6)	6 (7.1)	0.491
Other infection	10 (24.4)	13 (15.3)	0.578

^aMELD: model for end-stage liver disease.