Table 3. Outcomes after living-donor liver transplantation in recipients suffered acute-on-chronic liver failure with or without pretransplant infection.
| Group 1 (with pretransplantinfection) N = 34 | Group 2 (withoutpretransplant infection) N = 20 | P value | |
| Post-liver transplant | |||
| Length of ICU stay, median day (range) | 21.5 (1–59) | 22.5 (14–62) | 0.851 |
| Length of hospital stay, median day (range) | 52 (1–123) | 47 (28–94) | 0.667 |
| Overall ICU stay, median day (range) | 24.5 (14–59) | 23.5 (14–62) | 0.667 |
| Overall hospital Stay, median day (range) | 89 (30–163) | 65.5 (44–117) | 0.024 |
| Rejection (≦1 year after transplant), n (%) | 6 (17.6) | 4 (20) | 1 |
| 1-year graft survival, n (%) | 32 (94.1) | 18 (90) | 0.622 |
| Patients with posttransplant infection, n (%) | 28 (82.3) | 16 (80) | 0.831 |
| Episode of posttransplant infection | |||
| Intra-abdominal infection* | 20 | 13 | 0.477 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 5 | 0.727 |
| Bloodstream infection | 4 | 1 | 0.318 |
| Urinary tract infection | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1-year patient survival, n (%) | 32 (94.1) | 18 (90) | 0.622 |
Abbreviation: ICU = Intensive-care unit.
Figure in bold font indicates a significant statistical difference.
*
Including bacterial peritonitis, biliary tract infection, liver abscess and enterocolitis.