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ArticleWorld journal of hepatology2018

Predicting early outcomes of liver transplantation in young children: The EARLY study.

Rashid Alobaidi, Natalie Anton, Dominic Cave, Elham Khodayari Moez, Ari R Joffe

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Article in World journal of hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Rashid AlobaidiDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada.
Natalie AntonDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada.
Dominic CaveDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada.
Elham Khodayari MoezSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada.
Ari R JoffeDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

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aimTo determine potentially modifiable predictors of early outcomes after liver transplantation in children of age < 3 years.

methodsThis study was a retrospective chart review including all consecutive children of age less than 3-years-old having had a liver transplant done at the Western Canadian referral center from June 2005 to June 2015. Pre-specified potential predictor variables and primary and secondary outcomes were recorded using standard definitions and a case report form. Associations between potential predictor variables and outcomes were determined using univariate and multiple logistic [odds ratio (OR); 95%CI] or linear (effect size, ES; 95%CI) regressions.

resultsThere were 65 children, of mean age 11.9 (SD 7.1) mo and weight 8.5 (2.1) kg, with biliary-atresia in 40 (62%), who had a living related donor [LRD; 29 (45%)], split/reduced [21 (32%)] or whole liver graft [15 (23%)]. Outcomes after liver transplant included: ventilator-days of 12.5 (14.1); pediatric intensive care unit mortality of 5 (8%); re-operation in 33 (51%), hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) in 12 (19%), portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in 11 (17%), and any severe complication (HAT, PVT, bile leak, bowel perforation, intraabdominal infection, retransplant, or death) in 32 (49%) patients. Predictors of the prespecified primary outcomes on multiple regression were: (1) HAT: split/reduced (OR 0.06; 0.01, 0.76;

conclusionIn young children, whole liver graft and surgeon was associated with more complications, and higher AT postoperative day 2-5 was associated with fewer complications early after liver transplantation.

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