Table 1: Potential risk factors for post-LTx
infection.
Pre-operative
data of the recipients: ·
Age ·
Gender ·
Diagnosis ·
Blood
group ·
Pre-LTx infectious state ·
Pre-LTx steroid therapy ·
Prior
abdominal surgery ·
Co-morbidity ·
Immunization
status ·
Prophylactic
antibiotics ·
Growth
state ·
Presence
of ascites. ·
PELD
and MELD scores |
Donor
data: ·
Age ·
Gender ·
Blood
group ·
BMI ·
Pre-LTx infectious state |
|
Operative
data: ·
Cold
ischemia time ·
Warm
ischemia time ·
Anhepatic phase ·
Duration
of the operation ·
Intraoperative
finding ·
Intraoperative
blood and blood element transfusion ·
Type
of anastomosis of hepatic artery and bile duct ·
Accompanied
splenectomy ·
Surgical
re-exploration |
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Post-operative
data of the recipients: ·
Type,
dose and duration of immunosuppressants ·
Period
of hospitalization ·
Presence
of ascites ·
Multi-organ
failure ·
Post-operative
complications |
PELD:
Pediatric End-Stage
Liver Disease, MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, BMI: Body
mass index