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Observational Study
. 2022 Apr 2;22(1):89.
doi: 10.1186/s12871-022-01635-3.

Risk factors of the post-reperfusion syndrome during orthotopic liver transplantation: a clinical observational study

Mohammad Ali Sahmeddini  1 , Samaneh Ghazanfar Tehran  2   3 , Mohammad Bagher Khosravi  1 , Mohammad Hossein Eghbal  1 , Naeimehossadat Asmarian  1 , Fatemeh Khalili  1 , Pooya Vatankhah  1 , Somayeh Izadi  4
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Observational Study

Risk factors of the post-reperfusion syndrome during orthotopic liver transplantation: a clinical observational study

Mohammad Ali Sahmeddini et al. BMC Anesthesiol. .

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Abstract

Background: Post reperfusion syndrome (PRS) is a relatively common and life-threatening complication during orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). It is associated with poor patient and transplanted liver outcomes.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the risk factors of PRS during OLT.

Design: Clinical-epidemiological observational retrospective study.

Setting: We gathered the records of patients who underwent OLT in 3 years, from May 22, 2016, to May 22, 2019, in Namazi and Bu-Ali Sina organ transplantation hospitals.

Patients: In this study, we assessed 1182 patients who underwent OLT. Patients were divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of PRS.

Main outcome measures: Diagnosing the predictors of PRS was the primary outcome of this study.

Results: Results showed that age > 60 years, Child-Pugh scores C, higher Model End Stage liver disease score, and preoperative sodium < 130 mmol/l (parameters of the liver recipient), increase in cold ischemic time (the donors' parameters), and the classical technique (the surgical parameters) were the strong predictors of PRS.

Conclusions: The results indicated that underlying liver disease was not the predictor of PRS in the presence of other risk factors; therefore, clinicians have to consider these risk factors in patients undergoing OLT.

Keywords: Liver; Liver Diseases; Transplantation.

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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