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

Table 7

Univariate logistic analysis for the incidence of sepsis after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) (reported as (%), unless otherwise noted).

	B	SE	Wals	Sig.	Exp (B) 95% CI
Preoperative
Child-Pugh grade
A	—	—	7.734	0.021	—
B	1.207	0.729	2.743	0.098	3.343 (0.802–13.942)
C	1.841	0.663	7.705	0.006	6.3 (1.718–23.108)
MELD^a score
<11	—	—	7.353	0.061	—
11–18	−1.076	0.602	3.198	0.074	0.341 (0.105–1.109)
19–24	0.167	0.789	0.045	0.832	1.182 (0.252–5.547)
≥25	1.81	0.863	4.395	0.116	0.164 (0.103–1.889)
Hypercalcemia	1.397	0.568	6.043	0.014	4.044 (1.327–12.323)
Perioperative
RBC^b infusion (>2250 ml)	1.112	0.521	4.558	0.033	3.04 (1.095–8.436)
Fluid infusion	1.647	1.107	3.014	0.812	5.689 (1.283–35.687)
Acidosis	1.735	0.793	4.789	0.029	5.667 (1.18–26.793)

^aMELD: model for end-stage liver disease; ^bRBC: red blood cell.