Table 4.
Bile Biochemistry According to the Preservation Technique of the Graft
| DBD (n = 57) | DCD (n = 11) | NRP (n = 13) | NESLiP (n = 18)* | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 7.82 (7.67‐7.98) | 7.79 (7.54‐7.94) | 7.82 (7.65‐8.0) | 7.87 (7.67‐8.0) | 0.67 |
| Glucose, mmol/L | 2.5 (1.6‐4.1) | 2.6 (2.2‐8.7) | 1.2 (0.9‐2.2) | 1.7 (1.4‐2.4) | 0.005 † |
| pCO2, kPa | 2.1 (1.1‐3.1) | 2.2 (1.6‐3.5) | 2.0 (1.2‐4.0) | 1.6 (1.0‐2.9) | 0.37 |
| Na+, mmol/L | 146 (143‐150) | 143 (139‐148) | 146 (143‐149) | 148 (142‐149) | 0.38 |
| K+, mmol/L | 5.1 (4.8‐5.6) | 5.2 (4.1‐5.5) | 4.7 (4.3‐5.2) | 4.9 (4.4‐5.8) | 0.56 |
| , mmol/L | 22.5 (19.3‐26.8) | 22.5 (19.6‐24.2) | 29.1 (18.5‐35.6) | 23.1 (16.2‐27.2) | 0.48 |
| Bile‐blood pH difference | 0.49 (0.37‐0.62) | 0.39 (0.20‐0.51) | 0.53 (0.40‐0.62) | 0.53 (0.40‐0.67) | 0.32 |
| Blood‐bile glucose difference, mmol/L | 8.6 (6.2‐10.4) | 4.8 (3.5‐6.5) | 6.2 (5.9‐8.0) | 6.6 (4.8‐8.4) | 0.001 ‡ |
| Bile‐blood Na difference, mmol/L | 8 (5‐12) | 5 (2‐11) | 7 (6‐11) | 7 (5‐11) | 0.38 |
Data are given as median (IQR). One liver had both NRP and NESLiP and was excluded.
*
NESLiP group includes 8 DBD livers and 10 DCD livers.
†
DBD versus NRP, P = 0.03; DCD versus NRP, P = 0.015 (Dunn’s pairwise test with Bonferroni correction).
‡
DBD versus DCD, P = 0.002.