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Justo I, Marcacuzco A, Caso O, García-Conde M, Nutu A, Lechuga I, Manrique A, Calvo J, García-Sesma A, Loinaz C, Jiménez-Romero C. Validation of McCluskey Index for Massive Blood Transfusion Prediction in Liver Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2021; 53:2698-2701. [PMID: 34598810 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The McCluskey index has been used as a tool to predict massive bleeding (>6 red blood cells units) during orthotropic liver transplantation. The objective of this study is to verify its efficacy at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between May 1998 and December 2017, we performed 1216 orthotropic liver transplantations, of which 1016 had sufficient data registered with respect to hemoderivative transfusion. We divided these patients into groups based on the original study of McCluskey. This study was approved by the ethical committee of our Institution and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. RESULTS The mean Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score in the 4 groups was 7.5 (range, 7-8) for low risk; 13 (range, 3-32) for medium risk, 17 (range, 8-41) for high risk, and 25 (range, 11-36) for very high risk (P < .001). No significant differences were observed regarding body mass index or hospital stay. No differences have been found in the number of suboptimal donors among the groups. With respect to hemoderivative transfusions, we observed the following for red blood cells: 7 (range, 6-8) units for low risk; 5.5 (range, 0-74) for medium risk; 7 (range, 0-73) for high risk, and 12 (range, 5-30) for very high risk (P < .001) and transfusion of plasma: 12 (range, 10-15) units for low risk; 11 (range, 0-89) for medium risk; 14 (range, 0-76) for high risk, and 13 (range, 3-30) for very high risk (P = .001). CONCLUSIONS The McCluskey index is a good indicator of the risk of hemorrhage and hence the necessity of transfusion.
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- Iago Justo
- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of HPB Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, "Doce de Octubre" University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación (Imas12), Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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Yoo SY, Kim GS. Changes in the allocation policy for deceased donor livers in Korea: perspectives from anesthesiologists. Anesth Pain Med (Seoul) 2021; 16:68-74. [PMID: 33486941 PMCID: PMC7861900 DOI: 10.17085/apm.20035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background The allocation policy for deceased donor livers in Korea was changed in June 2016 from Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) scoring system-based to Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) scoring system-based. Thus, it is necessary to review the effect of allocation policy changes on anesthetic management. Methods Medical records of deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) from December 2014 to May 2017 were reviewed. We compared the perioperative parameters before and after the change in allocation policy. Results Thirty-seven patients underwent DDLT from December 2014 to May 2016 (CTP group), and 42 patients underwent DDLT from June 2016 to May 2017 (MELD group). The MELD score was significantly higher in the MELD group than in the CTP group (36.5 ± 4.6 vs. 26.5 ± 9.4, P < 0.001). The incidence of hepatorenal syndrome was higher in the MELD group than in the CTP group (26 vs. 7, P < 0.001). Packed red blood cell transfusion occurred more frequently in the MELD group than in the CTP group (5.0 ± 3.6 units vs. 3.4 ± 2.2 units, P = 0.025). However, intraoperative bleeding, vasopressor support, and postoperative outcomes were not different between the two groups. Conclusions Even though the patient’s objective condition deteriorated, perioperative parameters did not change significantly.
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- Seung Yeon Yoo
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Wang Y, Li Q, Ma T, Liu X, Wang B, Wu Z, Dang S, Lv Y, Wu R. Transfusion of Older Red Blood Cells Increases the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Propensity Score Analysis. Anesth Analg 2019; 127:202-209. [PMID: 28863026 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000002437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Transfusion of older red blood cells (RBCs) has been implicated in poor outcomes in trauma, cardiac surgery, and critically ill patients. However, whether transfusion of older RBCs plays any role in post-OLT AKI remained unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the age of transfused RBCs on post-OLT AKI. METHODS The clinical data of consecutive adult patients who received donation after cardiac death and underwent OLT from December 2011 to December 2015 were analyzed. These patients were divided into 2 groups: the newer blood group, who received exclusively RBCs that had been stored for <14 days; and the older blood group, who received RBCs that had been stored for 14 days or more. The incidence of post-OLT AKI, severe AKI, lengths of intensive care unit and hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality after OLT were analyzed. RESULTS Postoperative AKI occurred in 65.1% of patients in the older blood group and 40.5% of patients in the newer blood group (P < .01). The incidence of severe AKI after OLT was significantly higher, and the duration of intensive care unit stay was significantly longer, in the older blood group. After adjustment by the multivariable regression logistic analysis, transfusion of older blood was independently associated with post-OLT AKI (odds ratio [OR] = 2.47 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.13-5.41]; P = .024) and severe AKI (OR = 5.88 [95% CI, 2.06-16.80]; P = .001). After adjustment by the inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis, patients in the older blood group still had significantly higher incidences of postoperative AKI (OR = 2.13 [95% CI, 1.07-4.22]; P = .030) and severe AKI (OR = 3.34 [95% CI, 1.47-7.60]; P = .003) than those in the newer blood group. CONCLUSIONS Transfusion of older RBCs significantly increased the risk of postoperative AKI in liver transplant recipients.
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- Yue Wang
- From the Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Public Health, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- From the Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- From the Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, Xi'an, China
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Zamper RPC, Amorim TC, Queiroz VNF, Lira JDO, Costa LGV, Takaoka F, Juffermans NP, Neto AS. Association between viscoelastic tests-guided therapy with synthetic factor concentrates and allogenic blood transfusion in liver transplantation: a before-after study. BMC Anesthesiol 2018; 18:198. [PMID: 30579327 PMCID: PMC6303918 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-018-0664-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Perioperative bleeding and transfusion are important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing liver transplantation. The aim of this study is to assess whether viscoelastic tests-guided therapy with the use of synthetic factor concentrates impact transfusion rates of hemocomponents in adult patients undergoing liver transplantation. Methods This is an interventional before-after comparative study. Patients undergoing liver transplantation before the implementation of a protocol using thromboelastometry and synthetic factor concentrates were compared to patients after the implementation. Primary outcome was transfusion of any hemocomponents. Secondary outcomes included: transfusion of red blood cells (RBC), fresh frozen plasma (FFP), cryoprecipitate or platelets, clinical complications, length of stay and in-hospital mortality. Results A total of 183 patients were included in the control and 54 in the intervention phase. After propensity score matching, the proportion of patients receiving any transfusion of hemocomponents was lower in the intervention phase (37.0 vs 58.4%; OR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.20–0.87; p = 0.019). Patients in the intervention phase received less RBC (30.2 vs 52.5%; OR, 0.21; 95% CI, 0.08–0.56; p = 0.002) and FFP (5.7 vs 27.3%; OR, 0.11; 95% CI, 0.03–0.43; p = 0.002). There was no difference regarding transfusion of cryoprecipitate and platelets, complications related to the procedure, hospital length of stay and mortality. Conclusions Use of a viscoelastic test-guided transfusion algorithm with the use of synthetic factor concentrates reduces the transfusion rates of allogenic blood in patients submitted to liver transplantation. Trial registration This trial was registered retrospectively on November 15th, 2018 – clinicaltrials.gov – Identifier: NCT03756948. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12871-018-0664-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Raffael P C Zamper
- Department of Transplant Anesthesia, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Rua Galeno de Almeida 107 ap 172-A, Pinheiros, SP, 05410-030, Brazil.
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- Resident of the Anesthesiology Program, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Resident of the Anesthesiology Program, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Resident of the Anesthesiology Program, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Transplant Anesthesia, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Rua Galeno de Almeida 107 ap 172-A, Pinheiros, SP, 05410-030, Brazil
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- Department of Transplant Anesthesia, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Rua Galeno de Almeida 107 ap 172-A, Pinheiros, SP, 05410-030, Brazil
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- Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Reshetnyak VI, Zhuravel SV, Kuznetsova NK, Pisarev VМ, Klychnikova EV, Syutkin VЕ, Reshetnyak ТM. The System of Blood Coagulation in Normal and in Liver Transplantation (Review). GENERAL REANIMATOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.15360/1813-9779-2018-5-58-84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The review dwells on the problem of hemostatic disorders in patients undergoing liver transplantation and their correction in the perioperative period. The physiology of the hemostatic system, disorders of the blood coagulation system in patients at various stages of liver transplantation, correction of hemostatic disorders during and after orthotopic liver transplantation are discussed. Liver transplantation is performed in patients with liver diseases in the terminal stage of liver failure. At the same time, changes in the hemostatic system of these patients pose a significant risk of developing bleeding and/or thrombosis during and after liver transplantation. The hypothesis is suggested that the personalized correction of hemostasis disorder in liver transplantation should be based on considerating the nosological forms of the liver damage, mechanisms of development of recipient’s hemostatic disorders, and the stage of the surgery.
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- V. I. Reshetnyak
- V. A. Negovsky Research Institute of General Reanimatology, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology
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- N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Care, Moscow Healthcare Department
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- N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Care, Moscow Healthcare Department
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- V. A. Negovsky Research Institute of General Reanimatology, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology
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- N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Care, Moscow Healthcare Department
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- N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Care, Moscow Healthcare Department
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Metcalf RA, Pagano MB, Hess JR, Reyes J, Perkins JD, Montenovo MI. A data-driven patient blood management strategy in liver transplantation. Vox Sang 2018; 113:421-429. [PMID: 29714029 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Blood utilization during liver transplant has decreased, but remains highly variable due to many complex surgical and physiologic factors. Previous models attempted to predict utilization using preoperative variables to stratify cases into two usage groups, usually using entire blood units for measurement. We sought to develop a practical predictive model using specific transfusion volumes (in ml) to develop a data-driven patient blood management strategy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective evaluation of primary liver transplants at a single institution from 2013 to 2015. Multivariable analysis of preoperative recipient and donor factors was used to develop a model predictive of intraoperative red-blood-cell (pRBC) use. RESULTS Of 256 adult liver transplants, 207 patients had complete transfusion volume data for analysis. The median intraoperative allogeneic pRBC transfusion volume was 1250 ml, and the average was 1563 ± 1543 ml. Preoperative haemoglobin, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, preoperative haemodialysis and preoperative international normalized ratio together yielded the strongest model predicting pRBC usage. When it predicted <1250 ml of pRBCs, all cases with 0 ml transfused were captured and only 8·6% of the time >1250 ml were used. This prediction had a sensitivity of 0·91 and a specificity of 0·89. If predicted usage was >2000 ml, 75% of the time blood loss exceeded 2000 ml. CONCLUSION Patients likely to require low or high pRBC transfusion volumes were identified with excellent accuracy using this predictive model at our institution. This model may help predict bleeding risk for each patient and facilitate optimized blood ordering.
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- R A Metcalf
- Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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EXP CLIN TRANSPLANTExp Clin Transplant 2016; 14. [DOI: 10.6002/ect.2015.0184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Cleland S, Corredor C, Ye JJ, Srinivas C, McCluskey SA. Massive haemorrhage in liver transplantation: Consequences, prediction and management. World J Transplant 2016; 6:291-305. [PMID: 27358774 PMCID: PMC4919733 DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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From its inception the success of liver transplantation has been associated with massive blood loss. Massive transfusion is classically defined as > 10 units of red blood cells within 24 h, but describing transfusion rates over a shorter period of time may reduce the potential for survival bias. Both massive haemorrhage and transfusion are associated with increased risk of mortality and morbidity (need for dialysis/surgical site infection) following liver transplantation although causality is difficult to prove due to the observational design of most trials. The blood loss associated with liver transplantation is multifactorial. Portal hypertension secondary to cirrhosis results in extensive collateral circulation, which can bleed during hepatectomy particular if portal pressures are increased. Avoiding volume loading and maintenance of a low central venous pressure together with the use of vasopressors have been shown to reduce blood loss and transfusion during liver transplantation, but may increase the risk of renal impairment post-operatively. Coagulation defects may be present pre-transplant, but haemostasis is often re-balanced due to a deficit in both pro- and anti-coagulation factors. Further derangement of haemostasis may develop in the anhepatic and neohepatic phases due to absent hepatic metabolic function, hyperfibrinolysis and platelet sequestration in the donor liver. Point-of-care tests of coagulation such as the viscoelastic tests rotation thromboelastometry/thromboelastometry allow and more accurate and rapid assessment of these derangements in coagulation and guide the use of factor replacement and antifibrinolytics. Transfusion protocols guided by these tests have been shown to reduce transfusion rates compared with conventional coagulation tests, but have not shown improvements in mortality or morbidity. Pre-operative factors associated with massive transfusion include previous surgery, re-do transplantation, the aetiology and severity of liver disease. Intra-operatively the use of piggy-back technique and avoiding veno-veno bypass has been shown to reduced blood loss.
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Liu C, Vachharajani N, Song S, Cooke R, Kangrga I, Chapman WC, Grossman BJ. A quantitative model to predict blood use in adult orthotopic liver transplantation. Transfus Apher Sci 2015; 53:386-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2015.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Houben P, Büchler MW, Schemmer P. Use of an electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing device during recipient hepatectomy for liver transplantation. J Am Coll Surg 2014; 219:e59-63. [PMID: 25260682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.07.941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Philipp Houben
- Department of General and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Younossi ZM, Henry L, Stepanova M. A new comorbidity model for predicting mortality in patients with cirrhosis: does it work? Gastroenterology 2014; 146:19-24. [PMID: 24287302 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Zobair M Younossi
- Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia; Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia.
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- Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia
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- Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia
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