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           

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