Risk stratification for early bacteremia after living donor liver transplantation: a retrospective observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:This study investigated perioperative clinical risk factors for early post-transplant bacteremia in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Additionally, postoperative outcomes were compared between patients with and without early post-transplant bacteremia. METHODS:Clinical data of 610 adult patients who underwent elective LDLT between January 2009 and December 2018 at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital were retrospectively collected. The exclusion criteria included overt signs of infection within 1 month before surgery. A total of 596 adult patients were enrolled in this study. Based on the occurrence of a systemic bacterial infection after surgery, patients were classified into non-infected and infected groups. RESULTS:The incidence of bacteremia at 1 month afte

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7066734 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature