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. 2024 Oct;38(10):e15472.
doi: 10.1111/ctr.15472.

Independent Risk Factors and Economic Burden Associated With Delayed Extubation Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Manpreet K Virk  1 , Jorge Coss-Bu  1 , Muhammad Umair M Mian  2 , Nhu Thao Nguyen Galvan  3 , Divya Sabapathy  1 , Danny Castro  1 , Thomas Fogarty  1 , Kathleen Hosek  4 , Elizabeth Rossmann Beel  5 , Julie Schackman  5 , Sanjiv Harpavat  6 , John Goss  3 , Moreshwar S Desai  1
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Independent Risk Factors and Economic Burden Associated With Delayed Extubation Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Manpreet K Virk et al. Clin Transplant. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

Background: Successful early extubation (EE) after liver transplant (LT) has been shown to reduce intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay and infectious, vascular, and sedation-related complications in adults. EE may not always be feasible in children, and many may require prolonged mechanical ventilation. Limited data exists regarding the candidacy of EE, risk factors, consequences, and hospital costs of delayed extubation (DE) in pediatric LT.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review to investigate predictive factors and associated costs of EE and DE in infants and children after orthotopic LT at our institution between 2011 and 2021.

Results: Of 338 LT (median age 39 months, 54% females), 246 (73%) had EE (within 24 h of LT), while 27% had DE. Age < 1 year (p = 0.0019), diagnosis of biliary atresia (0.02), abnormal pre-LT echocardiogram (0.02), and patients with ongoing hospital admission before LT (0.0001) were independently associated with DE. Hospital costs were significantly (∼3-fold) higher (p < 0.0001) in the DE group. In addition, factors associated with increased total hospital costs were age < 1 year and hospitalization before LT.

Conclusion: EE post-LT is feasible and merits a trial. The prevalence of DE though modest is associated with increased resource utilization and hospital costs. Children who can be extubated early and those at risk for DE can be identified pre-operatively for optimal planning and allocation of resources.

Keywords: cirrhosis; echocardiograms; hospital cost; intensive care unit; mechanical ventilation.

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