Data on Liver Transpls Described by Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital (Immediate Postoperative Extubation Decreases Pulmonary Complications In Liver Transplant Patients)

摘要

2021 SEP 17 (NewsRx) - By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily - Data detailed on Transplant Medicine - Liver Transplants have been presented. According to news originating from Detroit, Michigan, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Fast-track anesthesia in liver transplantation (LT) has been discussed over the past few decades; however, factors associated with immediate extubation after LT surgery are not well defined. This study aimed to identify predictive factors and examine impacts of immediate extubation on post-LT outcomes." Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Henry Ford Hospital, "A total of 279 LT patients between January 2014 and May 2017 were included. Primary outcome was immediate extubation after LT. Other postoperative outcomes included reintubation, intensive care unit stay and cost, pulmonary complications within 90 days, and 90-day graft survival. Logistic regression was performed to identify factors that were predictive for immediate extubation. A matched control was used to study immediate extubation effect on the other postoperative outcomes. Of these 279 patients, 80 (28.7%) underwent immediate extubation. Patients with anhepatic time >75 minutes and with total intraoperative blood transfusion >= 12 units were less likely to be immediately extubated (odds ratio [OR], 0.48; 95% confidence interval [Cl], 0.26-0.89; P = 0.02; OR, 0.11; 95% Cl, 0.05-0.21; P<0.001).