Acute respiratory distress syndrome after orthotopic liver transplantation.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a devastating complication with substantial mortality. The aims of this study were to identify the incidence, preoperative and intraoperative risk factors, and impact of ARDS on outcomes in patients after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Adult OLT patients between January 2004 and October 2013 at our center were included. Postoperative ARDS was determined using the criteria proposed by the Berlin Definition. Multivariate logistic models were used to identify preoperative and intraoperative risk factors for ARDS.

RESULTS:

Of 1726 patients during the study period, 71 (4.1%) developed ARDS. In the preoperative model, encephalopathy (odds ratio [OR], 2.22; P = .022), preoperative requirement of intubation (OR, 2.06; P = .020), and total bilirubin (OR, 1.02; P = .003) were independent risk factors. In the intraoperative model, large pressor bolus was the sole risk factor for ARDS (OR, 2.69; P = .001). Postoperatively, patients with ARDS had a 2-fold increase in 1-year mortality, mechanical ventilation time, and length of hospital stay.

CONCLUSIONS:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome occurred at a rate of 4.1% following OLT in adult patients and was associated with preoperative encephalopathy, requirement of intubation, and total bilirubin and intraoperative large boluses of pressors. Acute respiratory distress syndrome was associated with increased mortality, longer ventilation time, and hospital stay.

• Authors: Wei Zhao, Xupeng Ge, Kai Sun, Vatche G Agopian, Yuelan Wang, Min Yan, Ronald W Busuttil, Randolph H Steadman, Victor W Xia
• Journal: Journal of critical care (J Crit Care) Vol. 31 Issue 1 Pg. 163-7 (Feb 2016) ISSN: 1557-8615 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 26601754 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• Incidence
• Length of Stay (statistics & numerical data)
• Liver Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Logistic Models
• Los Angeles (epidemiology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Odds Ratio
• Respiration, Artificial (adverse effects)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (epidemiology, etiology, mortality)
• Risk Factors