Table 6.
Renal data in the immediate postoperative period
| Variable | Control group (n = 73) |
Liver transplant recipients (n = 12) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renal oxygen extraction | 0.100 ± 0.03 | 0.124 ± 0.04 | 0.042 |
| Urine flow (ml/min) | 3.13 ± 1.7 | 2.54 ± 2.2 | 0.065 |
| Renal blood flow (ml/min) | 716 ± 209 | 843 ± 197 | 0.024 |
| Renal blood flow/cardiac index | 0.277 ± 0.08 | 0.202 ± 0.05 | <0.001 |
| Renal vascular resistance (mmHg/ml/min) | 0.100 ± 0.03 | 0.085 ± 0.02 | 0.051 |
| Glomerular filtration rate (ml/min) | 70.9 ± 23.3 | 51.5 ± 30.4 | 0.043 |
| Filtration fraction | 0.15 ± 0.04 | 0.09 ± 0.06 | 0.006 |
| Renal sodium filtration (mmol/min) | 9.67 ± 3.2 | 7.63 ± 5.6 | 0.052 |
| Renal sodium reabsorption (mmol/min) | 9.28 ± 3.2 | 7. 50 ± 5.5 | 0.065 |
| Fractional sodium excretion (%) | 5.0 ± 4.0 | 2.5 ± 3.5 | 0.002 |
| Renal oxygen delivery (ml/min) | 103.5 ± 32.1 | 119.7 ± 29.7 | 0.048 |
| Renal oxygen consumption (ml/min) | 10.0 ± 3.2 | 14.4 ± 4.8 | 0.001 |
| Renal oxygen consumption/renal sodium reabsorption (ml/mmol) | 1.15 ± 0.3 | 3.13 ± 2.4 | <0.001 |
| Serum creatinine day 1 (μmol/l) | 75.1 ± 13.9 | 99.8 ± 32.7 | 0.025 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD