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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2010 Dec 3;25(4):665–670. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.09.018

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

OLT
n = 28
Control
n = 7
p value
Preoperative
Female - n (%) 10 (35.7 %) 5 (71.4 %) ns
Age – mean ± SD [years] 52.9 +/− 12.5 52.0 +/− 8.0 ns
MELD – mean ± SD 17.8 +/− 9.0 8.7 +/− 3.3 < 0.05
BMI– mean ± SD 27.1 +/− 5.8 25.9 +/− 4.9 ns
Creatinine – mean ± SD [mg/dL] 1.19 +/− 1.19 0.87 +/− 0.45 ns
Total Bilirubin – mean ± SD [mg/dL] 6.6 +/− 9.3 0.9 +/− 0.8 < 0.005
INR 3.9 +/− 11.9 1.04 +/− 0.14 ns
Albumin 3.94 +/− 5.15 4.14 +/− 0.49 ns
Ascites - n (%) 13 (46.4 %) 0 ns
LRLT - n (%) 6 (21.4 %) - ns
Indication for Surgery
 Hepatitis C -n (%) 16 (57.1 %) 0
 ETOH -n (%) 3 (10.7 %) 0
 PSC –n (%) 4 (14.3 %) 0
 HCC -n (%) 9 (32.1 %) 1 (14.3 %)
 Others -n (%) 5 (17.9 %) 2 (28.6 %)
 Pancreatic Ca -n (%) - 3 (42.9 %)
 Living liver donor -n (%) - 1 (14.3 %)
Intraoperative
Length of anesthesia – mean ± SD [hours] 11.2 +/− 2.5 9.2 +/− 3.4 ns
Re-operation - n (%) 2 (7.1 %) 0 ns
PRBC – mean ± SD [Units] 14.1 +/− 4.8 4.4 +/− 5.6 ns
FFP – mean ± SD [Units] 15.4 +/− 14.7 2.9 +/− 4.2 < 0.05

MELD- Model for End-stage Liver Disease score

BMI - Body mass index

INR - International normalized ratio

LRLT – Living related liver transplant

ETOH – alcohol induced hepatic cirrhosis

PSC – Primary sclerosing cholangitis

HCC - Hepato-cellular carcinoma

PRBC - number of packed red blood cells used intraoperatively

FFP – number of fresh frozen plasma used intraoperatively