Grade 1 |
Any alteration from the ideal postoperative course, with complete recovery or which can be easily controlled and which fulfills the following general characteristics: |
(a) Not life threatening |
(b) Not requiring use of drugs other than immunosuppressants, analgesics, antipyretics, antiinflammatory agents, antiemetics, drugs required for urinary retention or lower urinary tract infection, arterial hypertension, hyperlipidemia or transient hyperglycemia |
(c) Requiring only therapeutic procedures that can be performed at the bedside |
(d) Postoperative bleeding requiring ≤3 units of blood transfusion |
(e) Never associated with a prolongation of ICU stay or total hospital stay to more than twice the median stay for the procedure in the population of the study |
Grade 2 |
Any complication that is potentially life threatening or results in ICU stay >5 days, hospital stay >4 weeks for the recipient, but which does not result in residual disability or persistent disease |
Grade 3 |
Any complication with residual or lasting functional disability or development of malignant disease |
Grade 4 |
Complications that lead to retransplantation (grade 4a) or death (grade 4b) |