Table 3.
Postoperative characteristics for living donor paediatric kidney transplants at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, from 2009 to present (n = 39). Data was collected from the electronic medical record
| Variables | n = 39 | |
|---|---|---|
| Postoperative characteristics | Length of stay in PICU (days), median (IQR) | 2 (1–4) |
| Weight on discharge from PICU (kg) (n = 34), median (IQR) | 20 (13–31) | |
| Percent increase in weight on discharge from PICU (%) (n = 34), median (IQR) | 11 (7–15) | |
|
Inotropes administered, n (%) - Inotropes administered in first hour only - Inotropes administered after first hour |
17 (44) 6 (15) 11 (28) |
|
| Intubation required, n (%) | 16 (41) | |
| Epidural administered, n (%) | 27 (69) | |
| Oxygen therapy required, n (%) | 28 (72) | |
| Systolic BP on admission (mmHg), mean (SD) | 120 (15) | |
| Diastolic BP on admission (mmHg), mean (SD) | 70 (13) | |
| Average systolic BP in first 24 h (mmHg), mean (SD) | 117 (12) | |
| Average diastolic BP in first 24 h (mmHg), median (IQR) | 66 (61–69) | |
| Volume of fluid administered in first 24 h (mL/kg), median (IQR) | 224 (159–313) | |
|
Fluid type, n (%) - Crystalloid and colloid - Crystalloid only - Colloid only |
1 (3) 38 (97) 0 (0) |
|
| Blood products administered, n (%) | 3 (8) | |
| Urine output in first 24 h (mL/kg), median (IQR) | 145 (91–230) | |
| Pathology results | Serum chloride – highest in first 24 h (mmol/L), mean (SD) | 112 (5) |
| Whole blood lactate – highest in first 24 h (mmol/L), median (IQR) | 1.5 (1.1–2.1) | |
| pH – lowest in first 24 h, mean (SD) | 7.28 (0.08) | |
| Serum bicarbonate – lowest in first 24 h (mmol/L), mean (SD) | 17 (3) | |
| Average tacrolimus level over 7 days post-transplant (µg/L) (n = 38), mean (SD) | 8.0 (2.5) | |
| Average tacrolimus level over 1-month post-transplant (µg/L) (n = 38), mean (SD) | 8.7 (1.4) |
SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit; BP, blood pressure