Table 5.
Correlation between donor or graft variables and early graft function.
| Variable | Early graft function |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (n = 74) |
Fair (n = 23) |
Poor (n = 9) |
Nonfunction (n = 3) |
|
| Age (years)a b | 19.9 ± 10.9 | 22.2 ± 8.6 | 25.8 ± 12.8 | 32.3 ± 9.3 |
| Sex (M:F) | 46:28 | 16:7 | 7:2 | 1:2 |
| Cause of death | ||||
| Motor vehicle accident (n = 55) |
35 (63.6%) | 13 (23.6%) | 6 (10.9%) | 1 (1.8%) |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage (n = 15) |
11 (73.3%) | 1 (6.7%) | 2 (13.3%) | 1 (6.7%) |
| Gunshot wound (n = 15) |
12 (80%) | 2(13.3%) | 1 (6.7%) | 0 |
| Anoxia (n = 7) | 5(71.4%) | 2 (28.6%) | 0 | 0 |
| Other (n = 17) | 11(64.7%) | 4 (23.5%) | 1 (5.9%) | 1 (5.9%) |
| Lab data | ||||
| SGOT (IU/l)a | 78.7 ± 58.1 | 60.3 ± 37.9 | 101.2 ± 68.9 | 70 ± 81.5 |
| SGPT (IU/l)a | 43.5 ± 33.1 | 61 ± 55.1 | 68.6 ± 44 | 36 ± 20.9 |
| T.Bil (mg/dl)a | 0.75 ± 0.4 | 0.81 ± 0.39 | 0.61 ± 0.42 | 1.1 ± 0.79 |
| PT(s)a | 15.6 ± 1.7 | 13.4 ± 1.65 | 13 ± 1.1 | 12.6 ± 0.9 |
| ICU stay (days)a c | 3.7 ± 2.7 | 5.7 ± 2.7 | 5.8 ± 1.7 | 3.3 ± 1.5 |
| CPR | 13 (19.4%) | 3 (16.7%) | 0 | 0 |
| High dose vasopressors |
28 (37.8%) | 7 (30.8%) | 2 (22.2%) | 0 |
| Instability during procurement |
16 (21.6%) | 2 (8.7%) | 2 (22.2%) | 2(66.7%) |
| Abnormal graft appearanced |
18 (25.7%) | 5 (21.7%) | 5 (55.6%) | 1 (33.3%) |
| Technique (rapid :modified) |
30:44 | 6:17 | 1:8 | 0:3 |
| CIT (min)a | 499 ± 206 | 624 ± 349 | 473 ± 229 | 357 ± 95 |
a
Mean±SD
b
P < 0.05 when grafts with good/fair and poor/nonfunction are compared
c
P < 0.005 when grafts with good and fair/poor function are compared
d
P < 0.05 (X2 = 4.29) when grafts with good/fair and poor function are compared
CIT, Cold ischemia time; T. Bil, total bilirubin