Table 5.
Biochemistry According to the Type of Graft and Presence of Cholangiopathy
| Parameters | Bile | Blood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graft Type | Presence of Cholangiopathy | ||||||
| DBD (n = 65) | DCD (n = 35) | P Value | No Cholangiopathy (n = 88) | Cholangiopathy (n = 12) | P Value | ||
| pH | 7.85 (7.67‐7.98) | 7.80 (7.67‐7.96) | 0.97 | 7.86 (7.67‐7.98) | 7.74 (7.53‐7.86) | 0.12 | 7.31 (7.28‐7.35) |
| Glucose, mmol/L | 2.1 (1.5‐3.8) | 1.8 (1.2‐3.5) | 0.31 | 1.9 (1.4‐3.7) | 2.5 (1.8‐5.7) | 0.23 | 9.8 (7.8‐12.6) |
| pCO2, kPa | 2.0 (1.1‐3.0) | 2.0 (1.2‐3.0) | 0.97 | 1.9 (1.1‐3.0) | 2.3 (1.4‐3.9) | 0.27 | 5.2 (4.8‐5.6) |
| Na+, mmol/L | 146 (143‐150) | 146 (143‐149) | 0.68 | 147 (143‐150) | 142 (139‐148) | 0.02 | 138 (136‐141) |
| K+, mmol/L | 5.0 (4.8‐5.8) | 4.9 (4.3‐5.4) | 0.12 | 5.0 (4.5‐5.5) | 4.9 (4.1‐5.9) | 0.74 | 4.2 (3.8‐4.5) |
| Cl−, mmol/L | 110 (105‐113) | 109 (106‐125) | 0.33 | 109 (106‐114) | 113 (104‐129) | 0.47 | 104 (102‐105) |
| , mmol/L | 22.5 (19.1‐27.3) | 23.2 (19.5‐26.6) | 0.59 | 23.2 (19.3‐27.4) | 21.8 (19.4‐24.2) | 0.29 | 19.5 (18‐20.6) |
| Lactate, mmol/L | 2.1 (1.4‐3.1) | 1.9 (1.0‐2.5) | 0.13 | 2.1 (1.3‐2.8) | 1.6 (1.4‐2.6) | 0.56 | 2.1 (1.6‐3.1) |
| Bile‐blood pH difference | 0.49 (0.37‐0.63) | 0.51 (0.35‐0.61) | 0.76 | 0.51 (0.37‐0.62) | 0.40 (0.20‐0.62) | 0.19 | — |
| Blood‐bile glucose difference, mmol/L | 8.4 (6.1‐10.4) | 6.2 (3.8‐7.3) | 0.001 | 7.6 (5.9‐9.3) | 5.2 (3.1‐6.5) | 0.001 | — |
| Bile‐blood Na difference, mmol/L | 7.4 (5.3‐11.0) | 6.6 (4.8‐11.0) | 0.46 | 7.7 (5.7‐11.0) | 3.4 (1.2‐6.5) | 0.01 | — |
Data are given as median (IQR).